Murule Weeytaan Jidle Gugundhabe Hawiye [1]is a sub-clan of the larger Hawiye sub-tribe of the irir Samaale clan. It is one of the major Somali clans that produced many prominent historical Somali figures . Murules mostly live Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia as well as closer to Djibouti.
Location edit
Murule live in several areas of Greater Somalia, and are part of the Somalis in Kenya.[2][3][4] While some live in the Upper Tip of Kenya in Mandera County, Somalia, other sections of Murule live in Qansax Dheere, Waajid, Xudur, Bardaale, Buula Mareer, Qoryooley, Saakoow, Jilib, Bardheere, Afmadoow, Beledweeyne and Mogadishu.
In Ethiopia, Murule primarily reside in the Somali Region. Specifically, they live in Mustaxiil, Godeey and Harar, as well as the Erer Region in the Mayu Muluqo, Qubi and Baabili areas. In the Shinile Regions, they live around mieyso bordering Dire Dawa.
History edit
The Murule community originates from the larger Jidle tribe, which is a precursor to the Jijeele and Baadicade clans that form the Gugundhaba Hawiye. Other Jidle clans reside in Somalia, Ethiopia and Somaliland. Around 1890, some Murule clan sections moved from their abode in the Hiiraan state of Somalia to present-day Mandera County in northeastern Kenya.
When Murule settled in present-day Kenya, around Mandera County and Wajir County, the British Colonial administration made efforts to allocate parts of Mandera to communities. The British consulted Garre Sultan Shaba Aliyow of Garre, who was allocated West of Mandera and Murules east of Mandera. Ugaas Adan Hirsi and Dalahow Noor requested friendship with the Garre on behalf of the British, and the agreements were finalized.[5]
Notable people edit
Clan leaders edit
- Adan Hersi
- Dalahow Noor
- Abdinoor Geesey
- Xaji Gudhow
- Abdullahi Deere (prominent murule chief)
- Haydar Arfah Ahmed (prominent footballer)
- Haji Mohamud Khalif[6]
Members of Parliament edit
- Hussein Weytan (Mandera East Constituency)
- Mohamed Abdikheir (Lafey Constituency)
- Shaaban Ali Issack (Mandera East and Lafey constituencies)
- Abdille Maalim
- Abdullahi Abajan
- Mohamed Ethiopia
References edit
- ^ "Improved Conflict Management between the Murule and Marehan Clans in Mandera Triangle | IGAD Resilience". resilience.igad.int.
- ^ Islam & Ethnicity in Northern Kenya & Southern Ethiopia. Boydell & Brewer. 2012. ISBN 9781847010469.
- ^ "Murule clan's powerful leader whose word is final". Nation. October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Mandera's Murulle clan inaugurate their Sultan in a colourful ceremony". The Star.
- ^ Inter-clan Conflict in Mandera District: a Case of the Garre and Murulle, 2004-2009.
- ^ "Kenya Alerts Camel Corps (1960)" – via www.youtube.com.