Issa (clan)

Issa
Ciise; عيسى
	The tomb of Sheikh Issa
Regions with significant populations
	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, France, Turkey
Languages
	Somali
Religion
	Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
	Gadabuursi, Gurgura, Akisho, Surre, Biimaal, Bursuuk and other Dir clans.

The Issa (also spelled Esa, or Aysa) (Somali: Ciise, Arabic: عيسى) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ King, Preston (1987). An African Winter. Puffin. ISBN 978-0-14-052365-2., p.169.
^ "Refworld | 1) Persecution of the Issa tribe in Ethiopia; 2) Persecution of ethnic Somalis by the Ethiopian population in northern Ethiopia". Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). Peoples of the Horn of Africa (Somali, Afar and Saho): North Eastern Africa Part I. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-30817-3.

[1] King, Preston (1987). An African Winter. Puffin. ISBN 978-0-14-052365-2., p.169.

[2] "Refworld | 1) Persecution of the Issa tribe in Ethiopia; 2) Persecution of ethnic Somalis by the Ethiopian population in northern Ethiopia". Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[3] Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). Peoples of the Horn of Africa (Somali, Afar and Saho): North Eastern Africa Part I. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-30817-3.

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