# Hubeer (Mirifle, Rahanweyn)

> The Hubeer of the Mirifle and Rahanweyn: place in the tree, Bay, Qansax Dheere and Baidoa, Lower Shabelle, Gedo and Lower Juba, and records, with sources.

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## Name and family tree

The Hubeer are a clan counted with the [Rahanweyn](/en/society/rahanweyn/). The name is also written Xubeer in standard Somali.

| Source | Line it gives |
|---|---|
| Abbink 2009 | Rahanwen > Alemo (Mirifle Sagaal) > Aysha Omardin > Hubeer ([Abbink, *The Total Somali Clan Genealogy*, 2009](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)) |
| ACLED 2025 | Rahanweyn > Mirifle > Hubeer ([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) | "Associated politically with Digil and Mirifle clans", but descended "from Yahabur Samaale" ([Wikipedia, Hubeer, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubeer)) |

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

## Main branches

Abbink lists the Hubeer first in the Aysha Omardin line of the Mirifle Sagaal. The same line holds the Wakdere, Wakbio, Gasar Gudda, Galluweger, Luwai, Hadama, Jelible, Sarma, Yantaar, Mangiar, Balguri, Wangial, [Geledi](/en/history/geledi-sultanate/) and Eyle (Abbink 2009, Rahanwen chart). He lists no sub-lines under the Hubeer.

ACLED codes no Hubeer sub-groups (ACLED 2025). See [Hadame](/en/society/hadame/) and [Luway](/en/society/luway/).

## 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)).

Wikipedia places the Hubeer in these districts ([Wikipedia, Hubeer, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubeer)):

| Region | Districts named |
|---|---|
| Bay | Qansax Dheere and Baidoa |
| Lower Shabelle | Wanla Weyn |
| Gedo | Baardheere |
| Lower Juba | Kismayo and Afmadow |

The EASO says the Mirifle live mainly in [Bakool](/en/regions/bakool/) and northern Bay ([EASO, *Somalia: Security situation*, 2021](https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_09_EASO_COI_Report_Somalia_Security_situation.pdf)). See [Bay](/en/regions/bay/), [Lower Shabelle](/en/regions/lower-shabelle/), [Gedo](/en/regions/gedo/) and [Lower Juba](/en/regions/lower-juba/).

## History on record

Wikipedia names these Hubeer public figures ([Wikipedia, Hubeer, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubeer)):

- **Before 1991.** Dr. Abdirahman [Mohamed Omar](/en/people/mohamed-omar-1999/), Attorney General.
- **Education.** Prof. Mohamed Ali Nur "Dhakalow", whom Wikipedia calls the father of science teaching in Somali schools. See [universities in Somalia](/en/society/universities-in-somalia/).
- **2017.** Abbas Abdullahi [Sheikh](/en/regions/sheikh/) Siraji, Minister of Public Works, who was killed in Mogadishu in May 2017 ([Wikipedia, Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Abdullahi_Sheikh_Siraji)).
- **Other figures.** Prof. Hussein Iman, an agronomist, and several members of parliament and state ministers.

## 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 Malaaq Hassan Shurre Mohamud, of the Hubeer, as a former chairman of the [Digil](/en/society/digil/) and Mirifle traditional leaders ([Wikipedia, Hubeer, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubeer)). 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 Hubeer ([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)). The EASO's 2021 Bay section found "no major disputes" in that region (EASO 2021). See [clan conflicts, district by district](/en/society/clan-conflicts/).

## Where sources differ

- **Descent.** Abbink and ACLED place the Hubeer in the Mirifle. Wikipedia says they descend from Yahabur, a line Abbink sets beside Gardere and Mayle in the "pre-Hawiye" group.
- **Political tie.** Wikipedia says the Hubeer are tied to the Digil and Mirifle "politically", not by descent.

## Read more

- [Mirifle](/en/society/mirifle/)
- [Rahanweyn](/en/society/rahanweyn/)
- [Gardere, Yakabur and Mayle](/en/society/gardere-yakabur-and-mayle/)
- [Hadame](/en/society/hadame/)
- [Bay](/en/regions/bay/)

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