Leelkase

Main article: Somali clan

Leelkase
ليلكسي

Regions with significant populations
Somalia  Ethiopia  Kenya
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Dhulbahante, Marehan, Warsangali, Majerteen, Awrtable, Ogaden, other Darod groups

Leelkase^[1] or Lelkase^[2] (Somali: Leelkaase, Arabic: ليلكسي‎) (Hussein bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti) is a subclan of the Somali Darod clan.^[2]

Distribution

The term "Leelkase" is a Somali nickname, which translates as "farsighted, mindful, smart, very intelligent".^[3]

Members of the Leelkase clan primarily inhabit the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.^[4] Others can also be found in the Bari,^[5] Nugal, Gedo, and Lower Juba regions.

Clan tree

In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:^[6]

• Darod (Darood)
  • Kablalah
    • Koobe
    • Kumade
  • Isse
  • Sade
    • Marehan (Mareehan)
    • Facaye
  • Ortoble
  • Leelkase (Lelkase)

In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:^[7]

• Darod
  • • Harti
    • Ogaden
  • Marehan
  • Awrtable
  • Lelkase

Prominent figures

• Said Sheikh Samatar, professor at Rutgers University
• Jama Mohamud Takar, politician
• Zakariye Haji Abdi (Sakariye Xaaji Cabdi), leader of Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia

Notes

1. ^ United Nations Security Council, Letter dated 21 November 2006 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee..., p. 20
2. ^ ^{a b} World Bank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics , pp. 56-57
3. ^ Diiriye, p.65.
4. ^ Africa events, p.17.
5. ^ Bader, p.236.
6. ^ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.56 Figure A-2
7. ^ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.57 Figure A-3

References

• Africa events, Volume 8. Dar es Salaam Ltd.. 1992. http://books.google.ca/books?id=604EAQAAIAAJ. 
• Bader, Christian (1999). Le sang et le lait: brève histoire des clans somal. Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 2706813733. http://books.google.ca/books?id=pLFETPhIrcMC. 
• Diiriye, Anwar Maxamed (2006). Literature of Somali onomastics & proverbs with comparison of foreign sayings. Gobaad Communications & Press. ISBN 0972661514. http://books.google.ca/books?id=fLdtAAAAMAAJ.