Barkad People The CIGAAL MAHAMUUD BARKAD is whom caaqils (chieftains) of Guuleed Garaad give deference to by extension There were many notable Barkad people in the Dervish haroun, i.e. its government. These include: •
Jaamac Ismaaciil Dhoon, was a member of the Dervish haroun; of the Barkad clan • Xareed Duubi Deero, was a member of the Dervish haroun; of the Barkad clan • Xildiid Warsame Sharmaarke, was a member of the Derwish haroun; of the Barkad clan • Bullale warsame gulled, was a member of the dervish haroun; of the barked clan • Samatar Bullalleh, mentioned in the
Geoffrey Archer's 1916 important members of Dervish haroun list Ahmed Garaad Ali Ahmed (Ali Geri Ahmed) (pictured) administered the largest infantry Shiikhyaale and
Adan Ali Gurey the second-largest, Golaweyne. The Ali Geri Ahmed is whom caaqils (chieftains) of Ahmed Garad give deference to by extension. The poem by Ali Dhuh refers that the
Reer Khayre sub branch of the Reer Suban sub clan of Ali Geri, Mahad Adan and Farah Adan, with Dhuh referring to it as a grouping in his poem
Allahu Akbar. The Bah Ali Geri onelings have the largest
deegaan (traditional clan territory) of the Farah Garad clans, stretching some 200 kilometers, from Dhilaalo in the north to Dannood in the south. According to both colonial sources as well as native historians such as
Jama Omar Issa, the
Ali Geri were the clan whom began and started the early camp of Maxkamadaha Dervishta in 1895. The Ali Geri clan are particularly known for being the first tribe to adopt the Dervish (Dervish) identity, and according to professor Ingiriis, the bulk of the Dervish ranks being of the Ali Geri clan, which suggested the Dervish ideology moved towards "clan solidarity".
Groups In the following Dervish administrative divisions, at least half comprised
Bah Ali Gheri muqaddims (arbitrators), scouts, clerics, tenders and fighters: • Ragxun, was a Dervish administrative division which was half Farah Garad, as Ali Geri is a Farah Garad subclan. • Miinanle, was a Dervish administrative division which was majority Farah Garad, as Ali Geri and Odala & Egal-Naleye are Farah Garad sub-clans. • Golaweyne, was a Dervish administrative division which was half Farah Garad, as Ali Geri are Farah Garad sub-clans.
People • Jaamac Cudur, commander of a Garbo Dervish subdivision • Osman Boss, commander of a Ragxun subdivision • Aadan Dhacdhaco, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan • Cabdi Yaar Guuleed, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan • Maxamuud Cilmi, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan • Aadan Cawad, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan • Soofe Durraan, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan •
Mohamud Hosh, was a member of the Dervish haroun, i.e. government; was of the Reer Khair Dhulbahante clan • Saliid Baynax, member of Dervish haroun ==Lineage==