Rer ainashe is the most powerful clan in the Republic of Somaliland being the majority in Hargeisa, the capital city of the country. Additionally, they are also the majority in two regions of Somaliland burao hargeisa Two of pawrful Guutale ainashe And Sugule anishe
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Caynaanshe | |
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 1880s Map featuring Rer Ainanshe in the Burao area | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Somalia, Ethiopia, Somaliland | |
| Languages | |
| Somali | |
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| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Eidagale, Habr Je'lo, Habr Awal, Arap, other Somalis |
The Reer Caynaashe also spelled Reer Caynaanshe (English: Rer Ainanshe) are a royal Somali clan and were the dynastic rulers of the Habr Yunis Sultanate.[1][2] They divide into 17 major sub-clans that together form the Baha Ainanshe and Rer Sugulle, from the latter descend the rulers of the Habr Yunis Sultanate.[3] They inhabit the Togdheer and Maroodi Jeex regions of Somaliland and the Daroor, Danot and Misraq Gashamo regions of Ethiopia.[4]
- ^ Kirk, J.W.C (1905). A Grammar of the Somali Language With Examples in Prose and Verse and an Account of the Yibir and Midgan Dialects. London: Cambridge University press. ISBN 9780511708671.
- ^ Philip Paulitscheke (1893). Ethnographie Nordost-afrikas. D. Reimer. p. 45.
- ^ Ralph E. Drake Brockman (1912). British SomaliLand. p. 82.
- ^ A general survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950. p. 147.