Qayaad ( Garaad) Full Name: "Abdi Shirshore Habarwa Abdullah Muse Said Saleh Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti" is a sub-clan that is part of the Dulbahante clan-family.
The nickname "Qayaad" was supposedly the name of a Gaal (non-Muslim chief) who formerly controlled the clan's territory and whom the clan's forefather killed in battle.
Distribution
In Somalia the majority of the clan reside in the Sool region, with a significant presence in Jubaland in the south. In Ethiopia, the clan lives in the Somali region.
The clan ihabits the following settlements: Docmo, Dharkayn Geenyo, Dhummay, Dabataag, Kalcad (Xargaga) and Las Anod.
Clan tree
The following is a breakdown of the main sub-clans of Qayaad.
Abdi 'Garad' Shirshore (qayaad) Omar Abdi Khayr Abdi Ibrahim Khayr Osman Khayr Ali Khayr Wa'eys khayr Osman Wa'eys Suban Osman Ali Osman Aweer Ali Nuuh 'dhuub' Ali Khayr 'Mamece' Ali Ahmed Ali Ibrahim Ahmed Samatar Ahmed Sharmarke Ahmed Warsame Sharmarke Hersi Sharmarke Wa'eys Sharmarke Fiqi Sharmarke Eman Sharmarke Samakaab Sharmarke Yusuf Samakab (Bah Halan) Abdulle Samakab (Bah Halan) Dhabar Samakab (Bah Halan) Hassan Samakab (Bah Lagmadow) Ismail Samakab (Bah Lagmadow) Nuur Samakab (Bihina Dalal) Hersi Samakab (Bihina Dalal) Hamud Samakab (Bihina Dalal) Shirwa Samakab (Bihina Dalal) Mohamoud Samakab (Bah Ogaden) Abdi Samakab (Bah Ogaden) Shabeel Samakab (Bah Asila) Koshin Samakab (Bah Asila) Samatar Samakab (Bah Asila) Mohamed Samakab (Bah Asila)
References
Hunt, John A. (1951). "Chapter IX: Tribes and Their Stock". A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944–1950. London: Crown Agent for the Colonies. Accessed on October 7, 2005 (from Civic Webs Virtual Library archive). Lewis, I.M. (1955). Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar, and Saho, Part 1, *London: International African Institute. Lewis, I. M. (1961). A pastoral democracy: a study of pastoralism and politics among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa, reed. Münster: LIT Verlag, 1999. "The Somali Ethnic Group and Clan System". Civic Webs Virtual Library, from: Reunification of the Somali People by Jack L. Davies, Band 160 IEE Working Papers, Institute of Development Research and Development, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany 1996, ISBN 3-927276-46-4, ISSN 0934-6058. Retrieved January 22, 2006.