Issa Musse

The Issa Mussa or Isse Musse (Somali: Ciise Muuse, Arabic: عيسى موسى‎, ( Issa Musse Abdirahman Suber Awal Shiekh Ishaaq ibn Ahmad) is a northern Somali clan. Its members form a part of the Habr Awal subclan of the Isaaq clan family. The Issa Musse are divided into four major sub-clans: Mohammed Issa, Adam Issa, Abokor Issa and Idarais Issa. The Issa Musse traditionally consists of coastal and nomadic pastoralists people. This clan are primarily settled in Somaliland, including Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sahil as well as Kenya.[1][2] The Issa Musse have produced many prominent Somali figures with the Undersecretary General of the United Nations Abdulrahim Abby Farah, the first Somali Prime Minister & second President of Somaliland Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, and the second tallest man in the world Hussein Bisad

Ciise Muuse
Issa Musse
عيسى موسى
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali, Arabic, English
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Awal, Ayub, Arap, Garhajis, Habr Je'lo and other Isaaq groups

History

Historically, the Isa Musa made use of the very valuable caravan trade in the Horn of Africa. Deriving income from arriving caravans into the markets of the coastal city of Berbera. The Isa Musa were able to impose a transit duty of 4 units of ana per camel loaded with merchandise.[3]

The Isa Musa, whose pasture area is the coastal plain, also raise a transit duty of 4 anas (approx. 48 pfennigs) from the caravans for the loaded dromedar and 1 ana for each sheep and each goat, which from other tribes after the Markets to be brought from Berbera.[4]

The Italian explorer and geographer Luigi Robecchi Brichetti had a similar remark in aspect of the valuable caravan trade, where he also mentioned the related Ayal Ahmad of Habr Awal - who reserved the title as the Abban of Berbera.[5] According to the account of Bricchetti, the Isa Musa were able to attain revenue thanks to the busy caravan traffic entering & leaving the coastal and historical city of Berbera[6]

They pass for skilled camel breeders and intelligent caravan organizers [Ayal Achmed]. And such are also the different families of the Isa Musa, who live off the caravan traffic with the Ogaden, going up to Uebi [Webi] along the Faf (Fafan) route.[7]

Clans
Ahmed Amar age 25 of the Issa Musa Habr Awal, photographed by Roland Bonaparte, 1890
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal first Prime Minister of Somalia second President of Somaliland

A summarized clan family, with four of the major subclans of Issa Mussa is presented below.

  • Sheikh Isaaq Bin Ahmed (Sheikh Isaaq)
    • Habar Habuusheed
      • Ahmed (Tol-Ja'lo)
      • Muuse (Habr Je'lo)
      • Ibrahiim (Sanbuur)
      • Muhammad ('Ibraan)
    • Habar Magaadle
      • Ismail (Garhajis )
      • Muhammad (Arap)
      • Ayub
      • Abdirahman (Subeer Awal) (Habr Awal)
      • Afgab Musse
      • Abdi Musse
      • Abdalle Musse[8]
      • Igalle Musse
      • Eli Musse
      • Sa’ad Musse[9]

The four major subclans of Issa Musse are:[10]

    • Abokor Issa
    • Iderias Issa
    • Adam Issa
    • Mohammed Issa

Notable figures

References
  1. "Administrative Map of Wooqoyi-Galbeed,Berbera" (PDF). 2012.
  2. "SOMALIA ASSESSMENT: Country Information and Policy Unit" (PDF). 2003.
  3. Petermanns Mitteilungen. Ergänzungsheft (in German). J. Perthes. 1894.
  4. Petermanns Mitteilungen. Ergänzungsheft (in German). J. Perthes. 1894. p. 228.
  5. Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1894). First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar. Tylston and Edwards. p. 74.
  6. Bricchetti, Luigi Robecchi (1899). Somalia e Benadir: viaggio di esplorazione nell'Africa orientale. Prima traversata della Somalia, compiuta per incarico della Societá geografica italiana (in Italian). Aliprandi.
  7. Bricchetti, Luigi Robecchi (1899). Somalia e Benadir: viaggio di esplorazione nell'Africa orientale. Prima traversata della Somalia, compiuta per incarico della Societá geografica italiana (in Italian). Aliprandi. p. 632.
  8. Williams, Paul D. (April 26, 2013). War and Conflict in Africa. John Wiley & Sons. p. 244. ISBN 9780745637389 – via Google Books.
  9. "Saad Muse Subeir". www.abtirsi.com.
  10. "Aadan Ciise Muuse". www.abtirsi.com.
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