Lailkase

Lailkase
ليلكسة

Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam ^(Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Dhulbahante, Marehan, Warsangali, Majerteen, Awrtable, Ogaden, other Darod groups, and other, 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]

• Darod (Darood)
  • Kablalah
    • Koobe
    • Kumade
  • Isse
  • Sade
    • Marehan (Mareehan)
    • Facaye
  • Ortoble
  • Laylkase (Lailkase)

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

• Darod
  • • Harti
  • Awrtable
  • Lailkase

Prominent figures

• Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi, former State Minister of the Presidency for Planning and International Relations of Puntland
• Jama Mohamud Takar, politician

References

1. "Roots of Insecurity in Puntland".
2. United Nations Security Council, Letter dated 21 November 2006 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee..., p. 20
3. World Bank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics , pp. 56-57
4. "Warsaxaafadeed: Beesha Laylkase oo Saxaafada kula Hadashay Garoowe Dhaliishayna Saamiga Lagasiiyay Golaha Wasiirada (Sawirro)".
5. Diiriye, p.65.
6. Africa events, p.17.
7. Bader, p.236.
8. Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.56 Figure A-2
9. Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.57 Figure A-3

• Africa events, Volume 8. Dar es Salaam Ltd. 1992.
• Bader, Christian (1999). Le sang et le lait: brève histoire des clans somal. Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 2-7068-1373-3.
• Diiriye, Anwar Maxamed (2006). Literature of Somali onomastics & proverbs with comparison of foreign sayings. Gobaad Communications & Press. ISBN 0-9726615-1-4.