Habar Gidir
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Somali | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam, Sufism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| abgaal and other hawiye clans |
The Habar Gidir (Somali: Habargidir) is a Somali clan, part of the larger Hawiye group.
The clan has produced some prominent Somali figures, such as Abdullahi Issa, the chairman of the Somali Youth League (SYL) and first Prime Minister of Somalia prior to independence, Dr. Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, the former President of Somalia, and Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Chairman of the United Somali Congress (USC)
Ali Jimale Ahmed outlines the Hawiye clan genealogical tree in The Invention of Somalia:
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