Isaaq

E468909
Somali clan family clan

The Isaaq are one of the principal Somali clan families, historically influential in northern Somalia (particularly in the Somaliland region) and prominent in the region’s trade, politics, and pastoral culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Somali clan family ⓘ
clan ⓘ
ancestralFigure Sheikh Isaaq bin Ahmed NERFINISHED ⓘ
clanFamilyOf Somaliland political elite ⓘ
country Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice camel herding ⓘ
nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
poetry and oral tradition ⓘ
diasporaCommunity North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantInCity Berbera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabiley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hargeisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sheikh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Somali people NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder Sheikh Isaaq bin Ahmed NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubclan Arap NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ayub NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eidagale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garhajis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habr Awal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habr Je’lo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habr Yunis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imam Isaaq lineages ⓘ
historicalRole influential in Somaliland politics ⓘ
influential in northern Somalia ⓘ
principal Somali clan family ⓘ
involvedIn Somali National Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somaliland independence movement ⓘ
language Somali language NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLivelihood pastoralism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
namedAfter Sheikh Isaaq bin Ahmed NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalInfluence dominant role in Somaliland government ⓘ
primaryRegion northern Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Somaliland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialStructure segmentary lineage system ⓘ
timePeriodOfPersecution 1980s ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Awdal region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanaag region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sool region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Togdheer region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woqooyi Galbeed region NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Djibouti ⓘ
parts of Ethiopia ⓘ
victimOf Isaaq genocide ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somali people → majorClanFamily → Isaaq ⓘ