# Duduble (Maxamuud Hiraab, Hawiye)

> The Duduble (Maxamuud Hiraab) of the Hawiye: family tree, Maxamed Camal, Celi and other lines, Ceel Buur and Galgaduud, Mogadishu, and recent records.

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## Name and family tree

The Duduble are a clan of the [Hawiye](/en/society/hawiye/), in the Hiraab line with the [Habar Gidir](/en/society/habar-gidir/), the [Abgaal](/en/society/abgaal/) and the [Sheekhaal](/en/society/sheekhaal/). Wikipedia says they are also known as Maxamuud Hiraab. It says the name comes from *dudub*, "strength", a nickname of their founder ([Wikipedia, Duduble, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duduble)).

| Source | Line it gives |
|---|---|
| Abbink 2009 | Hawiye > Hirab > Duduble, listed beside Mudulood, Madarki'is and Habr Gidir ([Abbink, *The Total Somali Clan Genealogy*, 2009, p. 27](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)) |
| Wikipedia (backup) | Hawiye > Hiraab > Duduble, beside Habar Gidir, Mudulood and Sheekhaal (Wikipedia, Duduble, backup) |
| ACLED 2025 | Hawiye > Habar Gedir > Duduble, with Eli and Mohamed Amal ([ACLED clan actor list, September 2025](https://acleddata.com/system/files/2025-10/Somalia-clan-actor-old-to-new-list_16-September-2025.xlsx)) |
| EUAA 2025 | "Duduble (Habar Gedir/Hawiye)" ([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)) |
| World Bank 2005 | Lists Duduble in the Gorgate group with Abgaal, Habar Gidir, Sheekhaal and Udeejeen ([World Bank, *Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics*, 2005, Appendix 2](https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/b2109b26-2d10-5ac6-85c2-dbfa820c5f6e)) |

Wikipedia cites a UNHCR note that the Duduble are "the youngest among the Hiraab family" (Wikipedia, Duduble, backup). See [the Hawiye tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree-hawiye/).

## Main branches

Wikipedia lists nine lines (Wikipedia, Duduble, backup):

1. Aarsade
2. Maxamed Camal
3. Iijecle
4. Habar Awradeen
5. Maqlisame
6. Celi
7. Bisin
8. Qadhoob
9. Da'uud

Somali Wikipedia says the Duduble have eight large *lafo* (bones). It lists Maxamed Camal, with Cabdi, Maxamuud (Kuulbayr) and Afrax Maxamed under it. It also lists Maqlisame, with Ugaas Wehliye and Reer Nuur. Further lines it names are Aarsade, Celi, Da'uud, Samadoor, Iijecle, Bisin, Qadhoob, Hantile and Awradeen ([Somali Wikipedia, Duduble, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duduble)). ACLED codes two sub-groups, Eli and Mohamed Amal (ACLED 2025).

## 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 |
|---|---|
| Galgaduud | The EUAA names the Duduble among the main clans of the region ([EUAA 2025, Galgaduud](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/security-situation/25-galmudug/251-galgaduud)). The EASO places them in the south-east, around Ceel Buur and Ceel Dheer ([EASO, *Somalia: Security situation*, 2021](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_09_EASO_COI_Report_Somalia_Security_situation.pdf)) |
| Ceel Buur area | Somali Wikipedia names Ceel Buur, Dooxa Duduble, Ceel Garas, Xiindheer, Galo and many other villages (Somali Wikipedia, Duduble, backup) |
| Mogadishu | Somali Wikipedia names the Heliwaa and Daarusalaam districts, and parts of Yaaqshiid and Hodan (same source) |
| Lower Shabelle | Wikipedia adds Lower Shabelle. It cites an Italian account of 1909 that placed them between Mogadishu and Merca (Wikipedia, Duduble, backup) |

See [Galgaduud](/en/regions/galgaduud/), [Mogadishu](/en/regions/mogadishu/) and [Galmudug](/en/states/galmudug/).

## History on record

- **1600s to 1700s.** Wikipedia says a chief known as Caaqil Dheryodhoobe led the clan in the [Nugaal](/en/regions/nugaal/) area. It says drought and conflict later moved parts of the clan south (Wikipedia, Duduble, backup).
- **1921.** Wikipedia cites a former Ceel Buur district governor, Hussein Ali Dualeh. He wrote that the Duduble *ugaas* and other leaders were given rifles near Hobyo to fight Sultan Ali Yusuf Kenadid of Hobyo (same source).
- **1991 to 2000.** It says the Duduble worked mainly within the USC and then the Somali National Alliance. It records a clash with the Cayr in Mogadishu on 12 September 1995, ended by elders (same source).
- **2001.** It says the Duduble joined the Cayr, Murusade and [Mareexaan](/en/society/mareexaan/) groups in forming the [Juba Valley Alliance](/en/history/juba-valley-alliance/) (same source).
- **1990s to 2006.** It says Duduble figures set up Islamic courts in Mogadishu. It says the clan became a core part of the [Islamic Courts Union](/en/history/islamic-courts-union-2006/) (same source).
- **2007 to 2014.** It says the Duduble were a core part of the armed resistance to Ethiopian forces in Mogadishu in 2007. It says elders in Ceel Buur signed an agreement with [Al-Shabaab](/en/history/al-shabaab/) in December 2011. It also records that a Duduble MP, Abdullahi Isse Abtidon, was killed in April 2009 by suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen (same source). See [the war of 2006 to 2009](/en/history/war-in-somalia-2006-2009/).
- **2020s.** It says the Duduble now take part in the fight against Al-Shabaab (same source).

Wikipedia lists the runner [Abdi Nageeye](/en/people/abdi-nageeye/) and the activist [Elman Ali Ahmed](/en/people/elman-ali-ahmed/) as Duduble. It also names Mohamed Abdulle Halane, a veteran of the [1964 border war](/en/history/ethiopian-somali-border-war-1964/) (same source).

## 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 quotes a Duduble *suldaan*, Farah Foodey, on the 1921 war with Hobyo. It says Duduble courts in the 1990s let a victim's family choose between *diya* and the death penalty (Wikipedia, Duduble, backup). Somali Wikipedia names an Ugaas Wehliye line within the Maqlisame (Somali Wikipedia, Duduble, backup). See [xeer, Somali customary law](/en/society/xeer-customary-law/).

## In recent conflict records

The EUAA lists these Duduble disputes as active or possibly active in April 2023 to March 2025 ([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)):

- with the Cayr, on the outskirts of Dhuusamarreeb district
- with the Saleebaan, in villages near Cadaado district
- with the Murusade, in villages near Ceel Buur. The EUAA says Al-Shabaab, which controls that area, stopped the fighting.

The EUAA also records that on 3 October 2024 a Duduble militia attacked pastoralists from another clan in Gaalo village near Dhuusamarreeb (same source). Earlier, the EASO said the Duduble, Murusade and Waceysle in south-east Galgaduud saw the Habar Gidir of the north as dominant in Galmudug. It quoted a security expert who called Al-Shabaab "a convenient partner" for those groups (EASO 2021). See [Saleebaan](/en/society/saleebaan-habar-gidir/), [Murusade](/en/society/murusade/) and [clan conflicts, district by district](/en/society/clan-conflicts/).

## Where sources differ

- **Place in the tree.** Abbink and Wikipedia put the Duduble beside the Habar Gidir under Hiraab. ACLED and the EUAA code them under the Habar Gidir.
- **Sections.** Wikipedia lists nine lines. Somali Wikipedia says eight, then names more, including Samadoor and Hantile.
- **Early history.** Somali Wikipedia links the Duduble to ancient [Punt](/en/history/punt-and-the-somali-coast/) and the [Macrobians](/en/history/greek-and-roman-writers-on-the-somali-coast/). It gives no source for this, and no other source here makes the claim.

## Read more

- [Hawiye](/en/society/hawiye/)
- [Habar Gidir](/en/society/habar-gidir/)
- [Murusade](/en/society/murusade/)
- [Galgaduud](/en/regions/galgaduud/)

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