Harti

For other uses, see Harti (disambiguation).

Harti (Somali: Hartii, Arabic: هارتي‎‎), meaning "strong man", is a name used to denote a confederation of various Darod sub-clans of the Somali people.

Clan tree

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.

• Darod (Daarood)
  • Marehan
    • Red Dini
    • Rer Hassan
    • Eli Dheere
  • Kabalah
    • Absame
      • Ogaden
        • Makabul
        • Mohamed Zubeir
        • Aulihan
      • Jidwaq
    • Harti
      • Dhulbahante (Dolbahante)
      • Warsangali (Warsengeli)
      • Majeerteen (Mijerteen)
        • Omar Mahmud
        • Issa Mahmud
        • Osman Mahmoud (Osman Mahmud)

In Puntland, the World Bank shows the following:

• Darod
  • • Harti
    • Ogaden
  • Marehan
  • Awrtable
  • Lelkase

Notable Harti members

• Abdullahi Ahmed Irro, General in the Somali National Army
• Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia
• Ali Khalif Galaydh, former Prime Minister of Somalia
• Abdirizak Jurile Somali prominent politician, Senior Diplomat and professor
• Amina Mohamed, diplomat and politician
• Abdulqawi Yusuf, international lawyer and judge; judge at the International Court of Justice since February 6th 2009.
• Abdirahman Mohamud Farole, President of Puntland
• Fatima Jibrell, environmental activist
• Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, first President of the Somali National Assembly
• Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia
• Eng Mohamed Isse Lacle, Colonel in Somali Navy
• Mohamed Hashi, former President of Puntland.

References

• Drake-Brockman, Ralph Evelyn (1912). British Somaliland. Hurst & Blackett.