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The Majeerteen or Majerteen ("Mohamed bin Harti bin Amaleh bin Abdi bin Mohammed bin Abdirahman al-Jaberti") is a Somali clan, part of the Harti group of the Darod clan.
The Majerteen primarily inhabit the region of Puntland in the North East of Somalia, along with part of the Ogaden area in Ethiopia and Kismayo, in southern Somalia. The Majerteen have played a key role in the history of Somalia. The sultanate of the Majerteens played an important role before the colonisation by the Italians. The clan has produced two Presidents and two Prime ministers since 1960, also a Sultan and a King (Boqor). They held many other government posts in the sixties and early seventies. Also a Majerteen was Osman Yusuf Kenadeed, the inventor of the first Somali script.
Today the clan plays a key role in Puntland. The related Harti clans Dhulbahante and Warsengeli inhabit the Sool and Sanaag regions, respectively.
There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures. For a comparison of different views on the clan-lineage-structures see the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics.[1]
Prominent figures
- Abdullahi Jibril, C.E.O African Development Bank group
- Omar Samatar - Anti-colonial leader.
- Boqor Osman Mohamoud - Majerteen sultan until 1930.
- Ali Faahiye "Gedi" - Somali nationalist.
- Mohammed Awale Liban - Designed the Somali flag
- Yusuf Ali Keenadiid - Founder of the Sultanate of Hobyo (central Somalia), 1860-1924.
- Bashiir Omar Samater A former governor of Jigjig and son of Omar Samater
- Cismaan Yusuf Keenadiid - Brother of the sultan and creator of the Osmanya script, 1920.
- Col. Jamac Ibrahim Moalim - Somali Army Commander
- Col. Mohamed Ismail Boqor - 1st Somali receiver Argent medal Honor 1964.
- Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid - Author of the Somali Dictionary and founding member of the Somali Youth League.
- Abdirashid Ali Sharmake - 1st Somali prime minister, 2nd Somali president.
- Abdirizaq Haji Hussein - 2nd Somali prime minister. 1st Interior Minister.
- Gen. Mohamed Abshir Muse - 1st Somali national police commander
- Gen. Abdulahi M. Hassan Matukade Somali national police Chief
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed - current Somali transitional federal government president
- Gen. Mohamed Jibriil Muse - Chief of Somali National Security Army.
- Hassan Abshir Farah - Prime Minister of Somali transitional government 2003-2004.
- Gen. Adde Muse Hersi - current president, Puntland (northeast Somalia) regional government.
- Yasin Nur Hasan - Somali Interior Minister and Governer general of Somali Youth League Party (SYL)
- Dr. Mohamud Ahmed Omar, Arabey, First Somalian Dermatologist, Head of the sexual transmitted disease in 1988.
- Gen. Mohamed Said Hersi Morgan - Somali Army Commander and once Defence Minister.
- Abdirahman Jeylani Mohammed Somali Thoughter and Political P.h.d Holder
- Mohamed Ali Warseme- former minister of Education.
- Jama Ali Jama Somali Army Colonel and former president of Puntland
- Muse Dude Samatar - Former Somalia's Chief Of Police.
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Dutch feminist and politician.
Notes
- ^ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.56
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