The Gadabuursi (Somali: Gadabuursi, Arabic: جادابورسي), also known as Samaroon (Arabic: قبيلة سَمَرُون), is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the...

The Gadabuursi script, also known as the Borama script (Borama: ), is an alphabetic script for the Somali language. It was devised around 1933 by Sheikh...

The Gadabuursi Ughazate or Ugasate (Somali: Ugaasyada ama Boqortooyada Gadabuursi, Amharic: የገዳቡርሲ አለቆች) evolved from and was a successor kingdom to the...

Gadabuursi are the predominant inhabitants of the Awdal Region: "The Gadabuursi's numerical predominance in Awdal virtually ensures that Gadabuursi interests...

located in the Arabian Plate. The Awdal Region is mainly inhabited by the Gadabuursi subclan of the Dir who are especially well represented and considered...

clan. The town of Zeila and the wider Zeila District is inhabited by the Gadabuursi and Issa, both subclans of the Dir clan family. Zeila is situated in the...

sultanates, were led by Dir. The Dir, along with the Akisho, Gurgura, Issa and Gadabuursi subclans of the Dir represent the most native and indigenous Somali clan...

Makahiil sub-clan of the Gadabuursi Dir clan family. The Makayl-Dheere are one of the biggest sub-divisions of the Gadabuursi clan family. Historically...

Dir sub-clan, the Akisho have immediate lineal ties with the Issa, the Gadabuursi, the Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys), the Biimaal (who the Gaadsen also belong...

Dir sub-clan, the Gurgura have immediate lineal ties with the Akisho, Gadabuursi, Issa, the Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys), the Biimaal (who the Gaadsen also...

Oromo, Afar, Somali Dir clans (Issa and Gadabuursi) and Amhara. Somali settlers from the Issa and Gadabuursi migrated to this region towards the end of...

Gadabuursi country, north of Harar, Ethiopia. The Harrawa Valley is home to many of the principal and most well known settlements of the Gadabuursi Dir...

with the French. On March 25, 1885, the French signed a treaty with the Gadabuursi, effectively making them a protectorate of France. On March 26, 1885,...

of the Makahiil sub-clan of the Gadabuursi clan family. The Reer Nuur are one of the biggest sub-clans of the Gadabuursi clan family. Historically, they...

for Somali. The Borama alphabet (Gadabuursi script) was devised around 1933 by Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur of the Gadabuursi clan. Though not as widely known...

Ughaz family (Reer Ugaas) and the Gadabuursi Ughazate. Many of the traditional leaders and kings of the Gadabuursi Ughazate were from this town, such...

Abokor Sanbuur Cimraan Tol Je'lo Dir Akisho Bursuuk Gurgura Gurre Jaarso Gadabuursi Issa Surre Qubeys Bimaal Gaadsen Garre Quranyow Hawiye Karanle Murusade...

primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Gadabuursi subclan of the Dir especially well represented. The Issa subclan of the...

Gadabuursi are the predominant inhabitants of the Awdal Region: "The Gadabuursi's numerical predominance in Awdal virtually ensures that Gadabuursi interests...

the Reer Ugaas subclan of the Makayl-Dheere, who was the chief of the Gadabuursi clan. Also, buried in the town is Dudub Osman, who is the ancestor of...

The Gadabuursi and Geri Somali strike immediately north and north eastwards of the town. Richard Francis Burton (1856) describes the Gadabuursi and Geri...

primarily inhabited by the Reer Dudub of the Jibriil Yoonis subclan of the Gadabuursi Dir clan. Adele Galipo (2018) states that Gogti was built around an already...

Issa Dir clan, who have the support of the Somali clans, especially the Gadabuursi Dir clan. The country emerged from a decade-long civil war at the end...

make up a significant number of urban and rural Dire Dawa, whereas the Gadabuursi subclan of the Dir mainly reside within the urban town and also in the...

region of Ethiopia. It is located in the famous Harrawa Valley in the Gadabuursi country. Arabi, Ethiopia is an old settlement and is the final resting...

subclan, both branches of the Gadabuursi Dir clan. Filipo Ambrosio (1994) describes Lefe Isa as being predominantly Gadabuursi: "Jarso and Geri then sought...

Arap, Ayub), Harti (Dhulbahante, Warsangali, Kaskiqabe, Gahayle), Dir (Gadabuursi, Issa, Magaadle) and Madhiban. Other smaller clans include: Jibraahil...

Habar Makadoor, Habar Makadour, or Habar Maqdi, are a subsection of the Gadabuursi Dir clan family. They reside primarily in three countries: Djibouti, Somalia...

1877 treaty with the Gadabuursi, who (with the Issa) accepted Egyptian rule. Before Egyptian occupation, the Issa and Gadabuursi controlled the Zeila-Harar...

Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) and Somali Democratic Alliance (SDA), a Gadabuursi group which had been formed in the northwest to counter the Somali National...