Abaskuul

The Abaskuul, Abasguul, Abasgul or Abaskul (Somali: Abasguul, Abaskuul. Arabic: ابسغول) is a Somali sub-clan of the Habar Maqdi Jidwaaq, Absame, Darod line. The Abaskuul mainly reside between Jigjiga and Degahbur in the Somali Region in Ethiopia, but also have settlements in Jubaland (Somalia) and Kenya. They share borders with the Ogaden, Bartire, and Habar Awal clans. The Abaskuul were famously described in Richard Burton's First Footsteps in East Africa, as well as 17 Trips to Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia by Captain Harald G. C. Swayne.

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