Ishaaq bin Ahmed
Semi-legendary forefather of the Somali Isaaq clan-family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad , more commonly known as Sheikh Ishaaq or Sheikh Isaaq (Arabic: الشيخ إسحاق بن أحمد بن محمد, romanized: Ash-Shaykh Isḥāq bin Aḥmad bin Muḥammad, Somali: Sheekh Isxaaq) was a scholar that crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa and the Sayyid forefather of the Isaaq Somali clan-family in the Horn of Africa, whose traditional territory is wide and densely populated.[2][3][4][5]
Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad الشيخ إسحاق بن أحمد بن محمد | |
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Title | Sheikh |
Personal | |
Died | 12th/13th century Maydh, modern-day Somaliland |
Religion | Islam |
Children | Ahmed (Tolje'lo) Musa (Je'lo) Muhammad ('Ibran) Ibrahim (Sanbuur) Isma'il (Garhajis) Muhammad (Arap) Ayub Abd al-Rahman (Awal) Dir'an[1] Shareef[1] Mansur[1] Yusuf[1] |
Region | Somaliland, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Yemen |
Main interest(s) | Islamic literature, Islamic philosophy |
Other names | Ash-Shaykh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad |
Sheikh Ishaaq traveled from the Arabian peninsula to Somaliland in the 12th or 13th century, where he married two women; one of the Somali Dir Clan called Magaado, and a Harari woman called Xiis Xaniifa, the daughter of a Harari emir, with descendants belonging to the Habar Magaadle or Habar Habusheed branches respectively.[6][7] He sired eight sons who are the common ancestors of the clans of the Isaaq clan-family. He remained in Maydh until his death.[8] He is said to have settled in what is today the Erigavo District, and to have established his capital at Maydh.[9]