Habr Awal
| Habar Awal هبر أول | |
|---|---|
| Isaaq Somali Clan | |
Habr Awal Sultan Abdulrahman Deria in London 1955 to petition for the Haud Reserved Area | |
| Ethnicity | Somali |
| Location | Somaliland Somalia Ethiopia Djibouti Kenya Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Yemen |
| Descended from | Abdulrahman ibn ash-Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad |
| Parent tribe | Isaaq |
| Branches | Issa Musa:
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| Language | Somali Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Habr Awal, alternately known as the Zubeyr Awal (Somali: Habar Awal, Arabic: هبر أول, Full Name: Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad) is one of the largest subclans of the wider Isaaq clan family, and is further divided into eight sub-clans of whom the two largest and most prominent are the Issa Musa and Sa'ad Musa sub-clans. Its members form a part of the Habar Magadle confederation.
The Habr Awal traditionally consists of nomadic pastoralists, coastal people, merchants and farmers. They are historically viewed as an affluent clan in the horn Africa that played a huge part for Somaliland's independence. The Habar Awal are politically and economically influential in present-day Somaliland as well as the Horn of Africa at large, and they reside in strategic coastal and fertile lands.