# Hariin (Harin, Mirifle, Rahanweyn)

> The Hariin (Harin) of the Mirifle and Rahanweyn: Sideed group, Hoon and Waraasile lines, Baidoa's Adada and Mursal areas, and records, with sources.

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## Name and family tree

The Hariin are a clan of the [Mirifle](/en/society/mirifle/), part of the [Rahanweyn](/en/society/rahanweyn/). The name is also written Harin and Harien.

| Source | Line it gives |
|---|---|
| Abbink 2009 | Rahanwen > Mirifle Siyeed > Medovo > Boqol Dambe > Harien ([Abbink, *The Total Somali Clan Genealogy*, 2009](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)) |
| EASO 2021 | "The Hariin (Mirifle/Sideed)" ([EASO, *Somalia: Security situation*, 2021](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_09_EASO_COI_Report_Somalia_Security_situation.pdf)) |
| ACLED 2025 | Rahanweyn > Mirifle > Harin, with a Harin Aw-Yare 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)) |
| Somali Wikipedia (backup) | A Mirifle clan of the eight (*Sideed*) ([Wikipedia Soomaali, Hariin, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariin)) |

See [the Rahanweyn tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree-rahanweyn/).

## Main branches

Abbink lists Harien as the only line under Boqol Dambe, one of the three Boqol lines of the Medovo (Abbink 2009, Rahanwen chart). The others are Boqol Hore and Boqol Daabe.

Somali Wikipedia says the Hariin divide into two lines, Hoon and Waraasile ([Wikipedia Soomaali, Hariin, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariin)). Abbink lists a Warasilay line under [Gedafade](/en/society/eelay/), in the Helai (Eelay) group (Abbink 2009).

ACLED codes a Harin Aw-Yare group under the Mirifle (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 |
|---|---|
| Baidoa | "The Hariin (Mirifle/Sideed) are the majority in Adada and Mursal neighbourhoods" (EASO 2021) |
| Bay | The EASO says Mirifle clans "tend to populate the northern half of the region" (EASO 2021) |

The EASO adds that returnees from Kenya are "changing the sub-clan demographics" of Baidoa (EASO 2021). See [Bay](/en/regions/bay/) and [South West State](/en/states/south-west-state/).

## History on record

- **2018 to 2021.** The EASO says a federal intervention in Baidoa installed "Lafta Gareen" as South West State president. It says this "shifted the power balance within the Mirifle group in favour of the Harin clan" (EASO 2021). It calls the Hariin "'Lafta Gareen' power base".
- **2018.** [Abdiaziz Laftagareen](/en/people/abdiaziz-laftagareen/) became president of South West State. See [South West State](/en/states/south-west-state/).
- **Before 2018.** The EASO says the Laysaan were the dominant Mirifle clan (EASO 2021). See [Leysan](/en/society/leysan/).

Somali Wikipedia lists Hariin elders, traders and members of parliament, including Laftagareen ([Wikipedia Soomaali, Hariin, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariin)).

## 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 names Cabdiwali Macalin Cali as the Hariin *Ugaas* ([Wikipedia Soomaali, Hariin, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariin)). In Bay, posts are shared "between the Sagaal and Sideed" (EASO 2021). See [xeer, Somali customary law](/en/society/xeer-customary-law/).

## In recent conflict records

The EUAA's 2025 list of major clan conflicts does not name the Hariin ([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)). It does list the Leysan against South West State forces in Bardaale, "due to their ambitions to lead the SWS" (same source). See [clan conflicts, district by district](/en/society/clan-conflicts/).

## Where sources differ

- **Branches.** Somali Wikipedia names Hoon and Waraasile as Hariin lines. Abbink places Warasilay under Eelay, not Hariin.
- **Spelling.** The EASO uses both Hariin and Harin. Abbink writes Harien.

## Read more

- [Mirifle](/en/society/mirifle/)
- [Rahanweyn](/en/society/rahanweyn/)
- [Leysan](/en/society/leysan/)
- [Abdiaziz Laftagareen](/en/people/abdiaziz-laftagareen/)
- [Bay](/en/regions/bay/)

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