Sheekhaal Jaziira (Somali: Shiikhaal Jaziira, Arabic: شيخال الجزيرة) also known as Aala Ba Hassan (Somali: Reer Ba Xassan, Arabic: آل باحسن) are a Banaadiri[1] clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Jasiira, Jilib Marka, Marka,[1] Mogadishu and Barawa and have established communities in the hinterlands in towns and villages such as Afgooye, Mareerey, Janaale, Shalambood, Galwiin, Wanlaweyn, Buur Hakaba, Baidoa, Moolamaad Baardheere and Xuddur due to trading, da'wah and farming.
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Benadir and Lower Shabelle | |
| Languages | |
| Aff Mahdoonte, Benadiri Somali, Maay, Somali and Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gendershe , Reer faqi, Biido, Asharaf, Bravanese people, and other Benadiri and Arab people |
Overview
editBa Hassan, who are more commonly known as Sheekhaal Jaziira get their name from the town in which their patriarch first settled in (Jaziira). The tomb of their ancestor Sheekh Ba Hassan Az-Zubayri[2] is also buried in this village synonymous with this clan and its destination of siyaaro (pilgrimages) to venerate their ancestor Sheekh Ba-Hassan.[3] This revered ancestor of the Ba Hassan. In Marka they are part of the local confederacy, 12 Koofi & Mashaayikh along with clans such as Sheekhaal Gendershe, Sheekhaal Aw Cuthmaan, Reer Khadiib, Gaameedle, Duruqba, Reer Maanyo, Ashraaf Bin Hassan, Ashraaf Mahdali, Ashraaf Ba Alawi, Hatimi and Shanshiya .[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. p. 108.
- ^ al-Muqrī, Ismāʻīl ibn Abī Bakr Ibn (1988). Kitāb al-Tamshiyah: bi-sharḥ Irshād al-ghāwī fī masālik al-Ḥāwī (in Arabic). Dār al-Hudá.
- ^ a b Haji Mukhtar, Mohamed. Historical Dictionary of Somalia. p. 146.
- ^ Ahmed, Hassan. La Citta' di Marka, I Biimaal e il Dominio Sulla Costa Somala. p. 10.
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