Omar Mohamoud

Omar Mohamoud
Cumar Maxamuud Saleebaan
Regions with significant populations
Nugal, Mudug, Doollo
Languages
Af-Somali, Arabic,
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Osman Mahmoud, Isse Mohamoud, Majeerteen

The Omar Mahamoud (Somali: Cumar Maxamuud, Arabic: عمر محمود) is a Somali sub-clan, part of the Mohamoud Saleeban, itself a sub-clan of the Majeerteen sub-clan of the Harti conglomeration of Darod clans. The Omar Mohamoud is one of the largest Majeerteen sub-clans. The Omar Mohamoud clan primarily inhabit the Mudug and southern Nugaal regions of Puntland in northern Somalia. a large number of the clan settle in Doollo region of Ogadenia, as well as in the port city of Kismayo and the Lower Juba region of southern Somalia.

Clan tree

"There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and some lineages might be omitted." However, the following summarized clan tree presented below is taken from John Hunt's A general survey of the Somaliland Protectorate (1944-1950):

References

  1. 1 2 Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Somalia: Relationship between the Omar Mahmud subclan of the Majerteen and the government between 1981 and 1984". Refworld. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Somalia: Information on the Omar Mahamoud subclan of the Darod clan". Refworld.
  3. ↑ "New Puntland President Likely to Revive Somalia's Federal Agenda |". January 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ Lewis, "Force and Fission in Northern Somali Lineage Structure", American Anthropologist, New Series, 63 (1961), p. 100
  5. ↑ Hunt, John. A general survey of the Somaliland Protectorate-1944-1950 (PDF). Hargeisa. pp. 141–145. Retrieved 20 September 2019.