Isaaq

Isaaq
بنو اسحاق
Isaaq; بنو اسحاق
Somali clan
	The tomb of Ishaaq, the father of the Isaaq clan, in Maydh
Ethnicity	Somali
Location	Somaliland; Djibouti; Ethiopia; Yemen
Descended from	Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed
Population	3-4 million
Branches	; Habr Magaadle:; Abdirahman; Muhammed; Ismail; Ayub; ; Habr Habuusheed:; Muse; Ibrahim; Muhammed; Ahmed;
Language	Somali; Arabic
Religion	Sunni Islam

The Isaaq (also Ishaak, Isaac) (Somali: Reer Sheekh Isxaaq) is a major Somali clan family.^[2] It is one of the largest Somali clan families in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory.

The Isaaq people claim in a traditional legend to have descended from Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed, an Islamic scholar who traveled to Somaliland in the 12th or 13th century and married two women; one from the local Dir clan. and the other from the neighboring Harari people.^[3] He is said to have sired eight sons who are the common ancestors of the clans of the Isaaq clan-family. He remained in Maydh until his death.^[4]

^ Minahan, James B. (1 August 2016). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 184–185. ISBN 979-8-216-14892-0.
^ Lewis, I. M. (1994). Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. The Red Sea Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780932415936. isaaq noble.
^ I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), pp. 31 & 42
^ Adam, Hussein M. (1980). Somalia and the World: Proceedings of the International Symposium Held in Mogadishu on the Tenth Anniversary of the Somali Revolution, October 15–21, 1979. Halgan.

[1] Minahan, James B. (1 August 2016). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 184–185. ISBN 979-8-216-14892-0.

[Nobility-2] Lewis, I. M. (1994). Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. The Red Sea Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780932415936. isaaq noble.

[Lewis3-3] I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), pp. 31 & 42

[4] Adam, Hussein M. (1980). Somalia and the World: Proceedings of the International Symposium Held in Mogadishu on the Tenth Anniversary of the Somali Revolution, October 15–21, 1979. Halgan.

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