Ajuran (clan)

Ajuran
Ajuuraan, أجران
Regions with significant populations
Somalia	n/a
Kenya	n/a
Ethiopia	n/a
Languages
	Somali
Religion
	Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
	Hawiye, Dir, and other Somali clans

The Ajuran (Somali: Ajuuraan, Beesha Ajuuraan, Morshe, Arabic: أجران) is a Somali clan, part of the Jambelle clan which itself belongs to the largest Somali clan-family — the Hawiye. Ajuran members largely inhabit Kenya as well as southern east Ethiopia; considerable numbers are also found in southern Somalia.^[1]^[2] Some Ajuran members are settled in Mogadishu.^[3]^[4]

^ Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (25 February 2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8108-6604-1.
^ Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard). 1984-03-20.
^ Gebrewold, Belachew (2016-04-15). Anatomy of Violence: Understanding the Systems of Conflict and Violence in Africa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-18139-2.
^ Butcher, Charity (2019-04-16). The Handbook of Cross-Border Ethnic and Religious Affinities. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5022-2.

[Mukhtar2003-1] Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (25 February 2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8108-6604-1.

[2] Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard). 1984-03-20.

[3] Gebrewold, Belachew (2016-04-15). Anatomy of Violence: Understanding the Systems of Conflict and Violence in Africa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-18139-2.

[4] Butcher, Charity (2019-04-16). The Handbook of Cross-Border Ethnic and Religious Affinities. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5022-2.

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