Darod
The Darod (Somali: Daarood, Arabic: دارود) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as Darod. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries, the Somali hinterlands adjacent to Oromia (Ogaden), and both sides of the Kenya–Somalia border. The Darod clan is the largest Somali clan family in the Horn of Africa.
دارود | |
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The tomb of Sheikh Darod in Haylan, Sanaag, Somaliland. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Socotra, Ethiopia, Kenya | |
| Languages | |
| Somali & Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dir, Hawiye, Isaaq, Rahanweyn, other Somalis |
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