Isaaq
The Isaaq (also Ishaak, Isaac) (Somali: Reer Sheekh Isxaaq) is a major Somali clan. It is one of the largest Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory.
Isxaaq إسحاق | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Somaliland, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Yemen | |
| Languages | |
| Somali, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dir, Hawiye, Darod, Rahanweyn, other Somalis |
The Isaaq people claim in a traditional legend to have descended from the peninsular Arabian 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 neighboring Harari people. 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.
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