Reer Caynaashe
Caynaanshe | |
|---|---|
1880s Map featuring Rer Ainanshe in the Burao area | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Somalia, Ethiopia, Somaliland | |
| Languages | |
| Somali | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Eidagale, Habr Je'lo, Habr Awal, Arap, other Somalis |
The Reer Caynaashe also spelled Reer Caynaanshe (English: Rer Ainanshe) are a royal Somali clan and were the dynastic rulers of the Habr Yunis Sultanate. They divide into 17 major sub-clans that together form the Baha Ainanshe and Rer Sugulle, from the latter descend the rulers of the Habr Yunis Sultanate. They inhabit the Togdheer and Maroodi Jeex regions of Somaliland and the Daroor, Danot and Misraq Gashamo regions of Ethiopia.