LEYSAN

Leysan () is one of the major subclans of Mirifle (Rahanweyn). Members of the subclan mainly inhabit Bay Region, Bakool, Lower Shabelle, Middle Jubba, Gedo, the Somali-inhabited northwestern region of Kenya, and the Somali-inhabited region of Ethiopia.

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Leysan subclans

Prominent figures

Leysan subclans

The Leysan subclan is divided into two main subclans: the ''Orsi'' and the ''Bari''. Each of them is subdivided into several other sub sub clans.

★ Leysan Bari

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★ Aboow Waabow

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★ Mudun

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★ Dumaali

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★ Weeraqdooy

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★ Aboow Barre

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★ Reer Ibraahim Cadde

★ Leysan Orsi

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★ Aboow Baariyow,

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★ Aboow Loole (Wajaali, Gaabaye,and Gaalsoore)

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★ Goboyaan

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★ Bariye

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★ Hoogdheer

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★ Beerdoyle

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★ Wadiye,

Prominent figures

★ Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, professor of African & Middle Eastern History at Savannah State University

★ Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, former rebel soldier and current Transport minister in the Somali Transitional Fedral Government

★ Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Mansur, was the Deputy Security Chief of the Islamic Courts Union