Wabeeneeye

Wabeeneeye

Infobox Ethnic group
group=Wabeeneeye


poptime= est. 50.000 up to 200.000 "
region1 = flagcountry|Somalia
region2 = flagcountry|Yemen
region3 = flagcountry|Ethiopia
region4 = flagcountry|Kenya
langs=Somali and Arabic

rels= Islam (Sunni)
related-c=
Majeerteen, Mehri, Warsangeli and other Harti groups.

Wabeeneeye( _so. Waabaneeye) is a sub clan of the Majeerteen clan family and within the larger Harti clan and thereafter in the Darod clan [ [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOMALIA/Resources/conflictinsomalia.pdf http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/es.PDF ] ] . Its members inhabit the western and northern portions of Bari in Somalia, primarily found in and around Bander Ziyada (Qaw) and Bander Qasim (Bosaso). They also inhabit communities in Nugaal and Mudug area, There is a significant Wabeeneeye community in the port city Kismayo and they have expat communities doing business in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kampala, Dubai and Durban.

The Wabeeneeye is named because he was prone to never lies, In Somali it literally means "No Liar". Wabeeneeye was the son of Muhammad bin Harti bin Amaleh bin Abdi bin Muhammad bin Abdirahman al-Jaberti.

Wabeeneeye had two sons:
*Ali bin Wabeeneeye ibn Muhammad
*Ahmed bin Wabeeneeye ibn Muhammad

Wabeeneeye is one of the well civilized sub clans of the Harti & Darod, Which was took part the ancient trade system of the Horn of Africa since 17 centuries. They were exporting Livestock, Dry-fish, Animal-skin and Frankincense as such, They were importing goods like foods, beverages, medicines, clothes, fishing gears and other important goods from Persian Gulf, India, & Zanzibar through their own boats dhows and small port called Bandar Ziyada also kown in common somali as Qaw.

Their main business town was Bander Ziyada, which destroyed and abandoned by the British colonial when the colonial divided the Somali territory into five parts [http://www.togdheer.com/history/introduction.shtml] , because it lied on the border line between British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. But Wabeeneeye subclan are currently improving their old business town.

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