# Dishiishe (Dashiishe, Harti, Darod)

> The Dishiishe (Dashiishe) of the Harti and Darod: Mora Hasse line, Reer Boqor and other branches, Bari and Boosaaso, elders and records, with sources.

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## Name and family tree

The Dishiishe are a clan of the [Harti](/en/society/harti/), part of the [Darod](/en/society/darod/). The name is also written Dishishe, Dashiishe and Dashishe ([Wikipedia, Dishishe, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishishe)).

| Source | Line it gives |
|---|---|
| Abbink 2009 | Darod > Kablalah > Kombe-Harti > Mora Hasse > Dashishe ([Abbink, *The Total Somali Clan Genealogy*, 2009](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)) |
| ACLED 2025 | Darod > Majeerteen > Dashishe ([ACLED clan actor list, September 2025](https://acleddata.com/system/files/2025-10/Somalia-clan-actor-old-to-new-list_16-September-2025.xlsx)) |
| Wikipedia (backup) | A sub-clan of Ahmed Harti (Mora'ase), with the Gabtaanle, Tiinle and Maganlabe as brother clans ([Wikipedia, Dishishe, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishishe)) |

Wikipedia names the founder as Mohamud [Ismail Ahmed](/en/businesses/worldremit/) Harti (same source). See [the Darod tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree-darod/).

## Main branches

Abbink lists ten Dashishe lines (Abbink 2009, Darod chart):

| Line | Groups named under it |
|---|---|
| Dashishe | Mugdi, Saleeban, Reer Sakariye, Reer Boqor, Reer Muse, Reer Gobdoon, Reer Isaaq, Reer Fahiye, Reer Mahamed 'Iise and Reer Ma'awiye |

Under the same Mora Hasse line, Abbink places the Tinleh (Reer Ugas, Reer Aw and Hussein Abdalle), the Kaptanle and the Maganlabbe (Abbink 2009). See [Harti](/en/society/harti/).

## 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)).

| Place | What the sources record |
|---|---|
| Bari | "A number of smaller sub-clans, such as Ali Jibrail, Dashishe, Kaptanle, and others, inhabit the area south and south-east of Bosasso" ([EASO, *Somalia: Security situation*, 2021](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_09_EASO_COI_Report_Somalia_Security_situation.pdf)) |
| Bari and Sanaag | Wikipedia places them mainly in Puntland, in the Bari and Sanaag regions ([Wikipedia, Dishishe, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishishe)) |
| Kismayo | Wikipedia records a Dishiishe presence in Kismayo (same source). Wikipedia's Majeerteen article says Harti groups, including the Dishiishe, moved there from the 1800s ([Wikipedia, Majeerteen, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majeerteen)) |
| Oman and Yemen | Wikipedia records Dishiishe communities in Oman's Dhofar Governorate and in Yemen ([Wikipedia, Dishishe, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishishe)) |

See [Bari](/en/regions/bari/), [Sanaag](/en/regions/sanaag/), [Lower Juba](/en/regions/lower-juba/) and [Somalis in Yemen](/en/diaspora/yemen/).

## History on record

- **About 1940 to 2000.** Wikipedia names Ugaas Yasin Ugaas Abdurahman as the Ugaas of the Dishiishe in Boosaaso for this period ([Wikipedia, Dishishe, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishishe)).
- **1959 to 1963.** Wikipedia names Barkhad Ali Salah, of the Dishiishe, as the first mayor of Boosaaso (same source).
- **1998 to 2008.** Wikipedia names Sainab Ugaas Yasin, of the Dishiishe, as the first woman in Puntland's parliament (same source). See [Puntland](/en/states/puntland/).

## 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)).

Wikipedia names Ugaas Hassan Ugaas Yasin as the current senior elder of the Dishiishe ([Wikipedia, Dishishe, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishishe)). See [xeer, Somali customary law](/en/society/xeer-customary-law/).

## In recent conflict records

The EASO describes a land dispute in Bari involving the Dishiishe and the Ismail [Saleban](/en/society/saleebaan-habar-gidir/) (Majeerteen). Elders from the Majeerteen, Dashishe and [Warsangeli](/en/society/warsangali/) met at Arma to mediate. The outcome: the Ismail Saleban could build villages there, "while Dishishe were required to stop their provocations" (EASO 2021).

The EUAA's 2025 list of major clan conflicts does not name the Dishiishe ([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 [clan conflicts, district by district](/en/society/clan-conflicts/).

## Where sources differ

- **Place in the tree.** Abbink places the Dashishe under Mora Hasse, a Harti line beside the Majerteen. ACLED codes them under the Majeerteen.
- **Founder.** Wikipedia names Ahmed Harti as the ancestor. Abbink uses the name Mora Hasse for that line.

## Read more

- [Harti](/en/society/harti/)
- [Darod](/en/society/darod/)
- [The Darod tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree-darod/)
- [Majeerteen](/en/society/majeerteen/)
- [Bari](/en/regions/bari/)

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