Gardhere
Gardhere or Gardere or Garder (Somali: Gardheere, Arabic: جرذير ) also more commonly known as Gardhere Samale Bin Xill (Somali: Gardheere Samaale) is the first born of Somali Bin Xill also Known as Samaale Bin Xill the Father of all Somalis and Brother to Saab Bin Xill Who is an Uncle to Gardhere Somali Bin Xill. Gardhere descendants are now a large Somali clan that inhabits vast territories in Kenya, Southern Ethiopia, Djibouti and Southern Somalia. Notable sub-clans who belong to the Gardhere Samale are the Garjante, Degodia, Gaalje'el (Somali: Gaaljecel), Masare, Ciise, Garre, and Awrmale whom all trace descent from Gardheere Samaale.[1][2][3]
Clan tree
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology:Conflict analysis in Bakool and Bay, South-western Somalia in 2004 shows the following clan tree for the Gardhere[3][4]
- Gardheere
References
- Adam, Hussein Mohamed; Ford, Richard (1997-01-01). Mending rips in the sky: options for Somali communities in the 21st century. Red Sea Press. p. 127. ISBN 9781569020739.
- Ahmed, Ali Jimale (1995-01-01). The Invention of Somalia. The Red Sea Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780932415998.
- Ahmed, Ali Jimale (1995-01-01). The Invention of Somalia. The Red Sea Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780932415998.
- Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany, Conflict analysis in Bakool and Bay, South-western Somalia https://www.eth.mpg.de/3709496/consultancy_report_mar_2004.pdf page 32/31