page_title: Garhajis
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: Garhajis / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: Studio portrait of a Somali man of the Habr Yunis tribe. | Photograph by Prince Roland Bonaparte, for the 'Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889'
context_page_description: The Garhajis is a major sub-clan of the wider Isaaq clan. They are the traditional holders of the Isaaq Sultanate since the 18th century. Its members form a part of the Habar Magaadle confederation, and they contstitute the largest sub-clan of the Isaaq. The Garhajis are divided into two major sub-clans, the Habar Yunis and Eidagale. They are traditionally nomadic pastoralists, merchants and skilled poets. One of the earliest mentions of the Garhajis in Western literature was in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1848, where they are described as a powerful and warlike clan with an abundance of livestock reserves.
context_section_description: Sheikh Ishaaq Bin Ahmed was one of the Arabian scholars that crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa to spread Islam around 12th to 13th century. He is said to have been descended from Prophet Mohammed's daughter Fatimah. Hence the Sheikh belonged to the Ashraf or Sada, titles given to the descendants of the prophet. It is said he married two local women in Somalia that left him eight sons, one of them being Ismail (Garhajis).
caption: Portrait of a 20 year old Habr Yunis man, 1889. Photograph by Prince Roland Bonaparte.
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