# Udeejeen (Udejeen, Ciise Mudulood, Hawiye)

> The Udeejeen (Ciise Mudulood) of the Hawiye: family tree, branches such as Aadan Yacquub and Yuusuf Yacquub, where they live, ugaas line and records.

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## Name and family tree

The Udeejeen are a clan of the [Hawiye](/en/society/hawiye/) family. Somali Wikipedia says they are "also known as Ciise Mudulood" and places them in the Mudulood line of the Hiraab ([Somali Wikipedia, Udeejeen, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udeejeen)).

| Source | Line it gives |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia, Hawiye clan tree (backup) | Hawiye > Gorgaarte > Hiraab > Mudulood > Udejeen ([Wikipedia, Hawiye, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawiye)) |
| Somali Wikipedia (backup) | Hawiye > Hiraab > Mudulood > Udeejeen (Ciise) ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udeejeen)) |
| EUAA 2025 | Named among the "smaller clans living in the region's northeast" in Hiiraan, without a lineage ([EUAA 2025, Hiraan](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/security-situation/24-hirshabelle/241-hiraan)) |

Abbink lists Mudulood under Hirab but names no lineages below it ([Abbink, *The Total Somali Clan Genealogy*, 2009, p. 27](https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14007)). The ACLED 2025 coding list has no entry for the Udeejeen ([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 names their closest Mudulood relatives as the [Abgaal](/en/society/abgaal/), [Moobleen](/en/society/moobleen/), Wacdaan and Hilibi. See [the Somali clan tree](/en/society/somali-clan-tree/).

## Main branches

Somali Wikipedia says the Udeejeen first divide into four groups: Abaadir Ciise, Aadan Yacquub, Yuusuf Yacquub and Cali Yacquub, the youngest ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udeejeen)). Its tree gives these lines (same source):

- **Aadan Yacquub:** Reer Nuur, Reer Caalim, Cali Yacquub and Maxamed Gaab (with Reer Raage).
- **Yuusuf Yacquub:** Xasan Yuusuf ([Reer Ugaas](/en/society/gadabuursi/)), Ifiyo Yuusuf, Suleymaan Yuusuf and Macalin Maxamuud. Under Macalin Maxamuud are Xirsi, Kheyre, Siyaad, Dudub and Faatax Macalin.
- **Abaadir:** Maxamed Samatar.
- **Abokor.**

The English Wikipedia Hawiye tree names two Udejeen lines, Kheyre Macalin and Adan Yacqub ([Wikipedia, Hawiye, backup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawiye)). Both appear 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)).

| Place | What the sources record |
|---|---|
| North-east Hiiraan | "Smaller clans living in the region's northeast include Udeejeen, Faqi Omar and Faqi Muhmed (both Dir), Rer Aw Hassan and Makanne" ([EUAA 2025, Hiraan](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/security-situation/24-hirshabelle/241-hiraan)) |
| Hiiraan districts | Somali Wikipedia names Jawiil, Baarmagoog, Qalqalooc, Matabaan and Beledweyne ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udeejeen)) |
| Middle Shabelle | Qalimow town (same source) |
| Mogadishu | Somali Wikipedia names Cabdicasiis and Shingaani districts (same source) |
| Somali Region of Ethiopia | Mustahil, Ferfer and Shilaabo districts (same source) |

See [Hiiraan](/en/regions/hiiraan/) and [Middle Shabelle](/en/regions/middle-shabelle/).

## History on record

- **1600s to 1899.** Somali Wikipedia says the Udeejeen were part of the [Hiraab Imamate](/en/history/sultanate-of-mogadishu/) of Mogadishu. It dates the Imamate from the early 1600s, after the end of the [Ajuran Sultanate](/en/history/ajuran-state/) ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udeejeen)).
- **1960 to 1967.** [Aden Abdulle Osman](/en/people/aden-abdulle-osman/) was Somalia's first president. Somali Wikipedia lists him as Udeejeen (same source).
- **2010 to 2014.** Mohamed Nur (Tarsan) was mayor of Mogadishu. Somali Wikipedia lists him as Udeejeen (same source).

Somali Wikipedia also names the politicians Osman Mohamud Dufle and Mohamed Hussein Addow. It names the poets Muxyadin Subkane, Rashid Mohamud [Sheikh](/en/regions/sheikh/), Cali Xuud and Mohamed Subkane (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)).

Somali Wikipedia lists six Udeejeen *ugaas* ([Somali Wikipedia, backup](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udeejeen)):

1. Cismaan Macalin Nuur
2. Faqa Eebakar
3. Macalin Nuur Aw-Muxummad
4. Cumar Ugaas Daahir
5. Cilmi Ugaas Cumar
6. Cismaan Ugaas Cilmi Ugaas Cumar, the current *ugaas*

The Reer Ugaas line sits under Xasan Yuusuf in its tree (same source). 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 Udeejeen ([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)). Its Hiiraan entry quotes Horn Observer. That outlet called the region the "epicenter" of the clan militias' fight against al-Shabaab in 2022 to 2024 ([EUAA 2025, Hiraan](https://www.euaa.europa.eu/coi/somalia/2025/security-situation/24-hirshabelle/241-hiraan)). See [the offensive against al-Shabaab, 2022 to 2025](/en/history/offensive-against-al-shabaab-2022-2025/) and [clan conflicts, district by district](/en/society/clan-conflicts/).

## Where sources differ

- **Rank.** The EUAA calls the Udeejeen one of the smaller clans of Hiiraan. Somali Wikipedia presents them as a full Mudulood clan.
- **Name.** Somali Wikipedia also calls them Ciise Mudulood. They are a different group from the [Ciise](/en/society/ciise/) of the Dir.
- **Branches.** English Wikipedia lists two lines. Somali Wikipedia lists four first branches and a longer tree.

## Read more

- [Hawiye](/en/society/hawiye/) and [Abgaal](/en/society/abgaal/)
- [The Somali clan tree: every clan and sub-clan](/en/society/somali-clan-tree/)
- [Hiiraan](/en/regions/hiiraan/)

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