Habar Awal

Habar Awal ( _so. Habar Awal) is one of the major subclans of the Somali Isaaq family. Its members inhabit the western and northern portions of Woqooyi Galbeed, Saaxil, and northern Togdheer regions of Somaliland. They also inhabit Ethiopia's eastern Haud area and Djibouti. The Habar Awal is named for the youngest son of Sheikh Ishaaq. Awal had six sons:

*Ciise Muuse
*Sacad Muuse
*Afgaab Muuse
*Egale Muuse
*Cabadala Muuse
*Celi Muuse

The Sacad Muuse spilts into Isaxaaq Sacad (Xuseen Abokor, Jibriil Abokor, Abdalah Abokor, Ugaadh Abokor, Ciisa, Makaahil, Muse Case, Maxamed & Yaasuf.) Cabdala sacad, C/rahman sacad and xassan sacad (cabdala xassan)

The main clans of Ciise Muuse Are
*Aadan Ciise
*Maxamed Ciise
*Abakor Ciise
*Iderays Ciise

Aadan Ciise :-(particularly the Aadan Ciise had nine sub-clans), Maxamuud Jibriil ( Aadan Ciise) are very powerful, Afgaab-Muuse Spilits into two Daahir Afgaab And Nageeye Afgaab. Celi muuse splits into the Maxamed celi and Xuseen celi.

Abokor Ciise:- Abokor Ciise is divided into 1) Cismaan Abokor and 2) Cumar Abokor. Although Abokor Ciise is smaller in number compared to Aadan Ciise and Mohamed Ciise,however, they are the Most educated Sub-clan of of All ciise Muuse Sub clans.

Habar Awal reside in at least three of the six regions of Somaliland, namely Woqooyi Galbeed, Saaxil and Togdheer. Also, in Woqooyi Galbeed, there is a prominent district region called Gabiley where most of the farms of Somaliland are located.

The two main sources of revenue for the Somaliland comes from Saaxil (Berbera port) and Woqooyi Galbeed (Gabiley customs), also they have a wealth of amimals (camel, cattle and sheep) in an area from hargeisa go ogaden and this makes the Habar Awal a very powerful and influential tribe in Somali politics and certainly in Somaliland.

Notables

*Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland
*Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade, prominent Somali poet
*Rageh Omaar, journalist who currently works for Al Jazeera English