'''Darod''' ([[Somali language|Somali]]: '''Daarood''') is a [[Somali people|Somali]] [[clan]] named after a [[Yemen|Yemenite]] [[Arab]] man, [[Ismail Darod]], who migrated to the coast of present-day [[Somalia]] around [[18001200]] [[Common Era|CE]]. Ismail Darod, along with [[Isaaq]], is considered to be one of the common ancestors to all Somalis. Some sources, including the [[Canada|Canadian]] ''Report of the Somalia Commission of Inquiry'', indicate that Darod is the largest Somali clan. Conversely, [[Human Rights Watch]] shows [[Hawiye]] as being the largest. The Darod population is centered in northeast [[Somalia]]and, with smallersubstantial populations in southneastsouthern Somalia, northern [[Kenya]], and [[Ethiopia]]'s [[Somali Region]] (particularly the [[Ogaden]] area).
The third Somalian leader [[Abdirashid Sharmarke]] and the late dictator [[Siad Barre]] were both members of the Darod clan.
The late dictator [[Siad Barre]] was Darod, who was good to biuld the country, but his governmento killed a lot of Isaaq and Hawiye.
