Lailkase

Main article: Somali clan
Lailkase
ليلكسة
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Hawadle, Dhulbahante, Marehan, Warsangali, Majerteen, Awrtable, Ogaden, other Darod groups, and otherHawadle, Somali clanss

Lailkase[1] or Leelkase[2] or Lelkase[3] (Somali: Laylkase[4], Arabic: ليلكسة) (Hussein bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti) is a subclan of the Somali Darod clan.[3]

Distribution

The term "Lailkase" is a Somali nickname, which translates as "farsighted, mindful, smart, very intelligent".[5]

Members of the Lailkase clan primarily inhabit the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.[6] Others can also be found in the Bari,[7] Nugal, Gedo, and Lower Juba regions.

Clan tree

In the south central part of Somalia the World Bank shows the following clan tree:[8]

In Puntland the World Bank shows the following:[9]

Prominent figures

References


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