Leysan

Leysan

Leysan ( _so. "Leysaan") is one of the major subclans of Mirifle (Rahanweyn). Members of the subclan mainly inhabit Bay Region, Bakool, Lower Shabelle, Middle Jubba, Gedo, the Somali-inhabited northwestern region of Kenya, and the Somali-inhabited region of Ethiopia.

Leysan subclans

The Leysan subclan is divided into two main subclans: the "Orsi" and the "Bari". Each of them is subdivided into several other sub sub clans.
*Leysan Bari
**Aboow Waabow
**Mudun
**Dumaali
**Weeraqdooy
**Aboow Barre
**Reer Ibraahim Cadde
**Dhegey
*Leysan Orsi
**Aboow Bariyow,
**Aboow Loole (Wajaali, Gaabaye,and Gaalsoore)
**Goboyaan
**Bariye
**Hoogdheer
**Beerdoyle
**Wadiye,

Prominent figures

*Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, professor of African & Middle Eastern History at Savannah State University
*Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, former rebel soldier and current Transport minister in the Somali Transitional Federal Government
*Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Mansur, was the Deputy Security Chief of the Islamic Courts Union


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