# Abokor Muuse (Abokor Musa, Ciidagale) > The Abokor Muuse (Abokor Musa) of the Ciidagale Isaaq: family tree, branches such as the Dhimbil lines, where they live and how sources differ. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/society/abokor-muuse/ Last checked: 2026-11-12 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## Name and family tree The Abokor Muuse are a sub-clan of the [Ciidagale](/en/society/ciidagale/), a clan of the [Isaaq](/en/society/isaaq/) family. Somali Wikipedia gives the full line as "Abokor Musa Da'ud [Sheekh](/en/regions/sheikh/) Ishaaq". It says the group is also traditionally called *Saleebaan* ([Somali Wikipedia, Abokor Muuse, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abokor_muuse)). | Source | Line it gives | |---|---| | Abbink 2009 | Isaaq > Habr Garhaji > Da'ud ('Idagalle) > Musa > Abokor, with two lines under Abokor: Hassan and Adan ([Abbink, *The Total Somali Clan Genealogy*, 2009, pp. 31–32](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)) | | Wikipedia (backup) | Daa'uud (Eidagalle) > Muuse Daa'uud > Abokor Muuse. It names Abokor Muuse as one of four Ciidagale sub-clans ([Wikipedia, Eidagale, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidagale)) | | Somali Wikipedia (backup) | "A large clan that is part of the Eidagalle of the Isaaq" ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abokor_muuse)) | The ACLED 2025 coding list has no separate entry for the Abokor Muuse. It codes the Ciidagale as one group ([ACLED clan actor list, September 2025](https://acleddata.com/system/files/2025-10/Somalia-clan-actor-old-to-new-list_16-September-2025.xlsx)). See [the Somali clan tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree/). ## Main branches Somali Wikipedia names four main branches: Maxamed Dhimbil, Axmed Dhimbil, Aadan Abokor and Muuse Dhimbil ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abokor_muuse)). Abbink's two lines under Abokor, Hassan and Adan, match the Xasan Abokor and Aadan Abokor in that list ([Abbink 2009, p. 32](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)). The Somali Wikipedia tree runs from Daa'uud through Abokor (Saleebaan) down to Xasan Abokor. It gives his sons as Muuse, Laqshe, Basiralle and Dhimbil. Under Dhimbil it gives two large lines (same source): - **Maxamed Dhimbil:** Reer Mucaawiye, Reer Fatax, Reer Guuleed and Muuse Maxamed. - **Muuse Dhimbil:** through Cabdalle Muuse to lines including Reer Aadan, Reer Nuur, Reer Beniin, Reer Gallab and Reer Ciye. Every group here is also on [the Somali clan tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree/). ## Where they live No census counts Somalis by clan. ACCORD notes that Somalis often claim more members than their groups have, "in order to demonstrate strength" ([ACCORD, *Clans in Somalia*, 2009, p. 11](https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1193130/90_1261130976_accord-report-clans-in-somaliarevised-edition-20091215.pdf)). All the places below come from Somali Wikipedia, a backup source ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abokor_muuse)). | Area | Places named | |---|---| | Hargeisa | The south and west of the city, including Calaamadaha, Masalaha, Jameecada and part of the October district | | Around Hargeisa | Qoolcaday, Toon, Salaxley town and villages up to Ina-Guxaa on the Ethiopian border | | Somali Region of Ethiopia | Bisad, Abokor, Egal Addani and Iskoyska, and the Galool-Fadhiidh valley near Awaare | | Kenya | Part of the Isahakia community, as for the wider Ciidagale | For the wider Ciidagale, the EUAA records the Garxajis in parts of Hargeisa and the Ciidagale west of [Burco](/en/regions/togdheer/). See [Ciidagale](/en/society/ciidagale/) and [Woqooyi Galbeed](/en/regions/woqooyi-galbeed/). ## History on record Somali Wikipedia gives this history, mostly without citations ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abokor_muuse)): - **1500s.** It says the Abokor Muuse took part in the wars of Ahmad Gurey and the [Adal Sultanate](/en/history/imam-ahmad-and-adal-1527-1543/) against Abyssinia. It names Basiralle and Dhimbil as *ugaas* of that time and says Basiralle died of wounds near Harar. - **1800s.** It says Abokor Muuse traders were active on the Hargeisa, Berbera and Harar caravan routes. It describes close ties with Emir Ahmad III bin Abu Bakr of Harar, who ruled from 1856 to 1875. - **Hargeisa.** It says they took part in founding Hargeisa as a caravan stop built by Ciidagale traders. English Wikipedia records the wider Ciidagale role in the caravan trade and in Somali poetry. See [Ciidagale](/en/society/ciidagale/) and [Somali poetry](/en/society/somali-poetry/). ## Elders and customary law Senior Somali clan leaders carry titles such as *suldaan*, *ugaas* or *issim*. Their role is "mainly judicial and representative" ([UK Home Office, CPIN Somalia: clans, 2019, quoting EASO 2014](https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2002542/Somalia_-_Clans_-_CPIN_V3.0e.pdf)). Somali Wikipedia says Abokor Muuse elders were respected for leading oaths and settlements at the shrine of Aw Barkhadle. The shrine lies between Hargeisa and Berbera ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abokor_muuse)). It says the group had its own customary leaders, sultans and *ugaas*, drawn from its branches. See [xeer, Somali customary law](/en/society/xeer-customary-law/). ## In recent conflict records The EUAA conflict list for April 2023 to March 2025 does not name the Abokor Muuse separately. It names the wider Ciidagale in two electoral rivalries in Hargeisa that "did not lead to armed violence" ([EUAA Country Focus 2025, section 1.5.1](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2025_05_EUAA_COI_Report_Somalia_Country_Focus.pdf)). See [Ciidagale](/en/society/ciidagale/) and [clan conflicts, district by district](/en/society/clan-conflicts/). ## Where sources differ - **Rank.** Somali Wikipedia calls the Abokor Muuse "a large clan". English Wikipedia lists them as one of four Ciidagale sub-clans. Abbink places Abokor as a lineage under Musa. - **Branches.** Abbink lists Hassan and Adan under Abokor. Somali Wikipedia names four branches, three of them through Dhimbil son of Xasan. - **The name Saleebaan.** Somali Wikipedia gives *Saleebaan* as a traditional name for the group. Its own tree also lists a Saleebaan Abokor line. ## Read more - [Ciidagale](/en/society/ciidagale/), the clan the Abokor Muuse belong to - [Isaaq](/en/society/isaaq/) - [Muuse Abokor](/en/society/muuse-abokor/), a different Habar Jeclo group with a similar name - [The Somali clan tree: every clan and sub-clan](/en/society/somali-clan-tree/) --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. Fix this page: email hello@calankii.com with the page link and your source.