Bimaal
The Bimaal or Bimal, is a sub-clan of the major Dir clan family. This clan is widely known for leading a resistance against the colonials in southern Somalia for decades which can be compared to the war of the Sayyid in Somaliland. The Biimaal mainly lives in southern Somalia, the Somali region of Ethiopia, which their Gaadsen sub-clan mainly inhabits and in the NEP region of Kenya.
Biimal | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Somali and Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gadabuursi, Issa, Surre, Gurgura, Bursuuk, Akisho, Garre (Quranyow), other Dir clans |
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