Habr Awal
The Habr Awal, also contemporarily known as the Awal, and alternately known as the Zubeyr Awal (Somali: Habar Awal, Arabic: هبر أول, Full Name: Zubeyr ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad) is a major Northern Somali clan 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.
Awal أول | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Somaliland, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Netherlands, Scandinavia | |
| Languages | |
| Somali, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ayub, Arap, Garhajis, Habr Je'lo and other Isaaq groups |
The Habr Awal traditionally consists of nomadic pastoralists, coastal people, merchants and farmers. They are historically viewed as an affluent clan relative to other Somali clans. The Habr 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.