Dobira
| Dobira Dagale Aji دُومبِرَ بِنت دَغَالَ |
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| Mother of all Darod clans | |
Burial place of Dobira near Haylaan.
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| Religion | Islam |
Dobira (Arabic: دُومبِرَ بِنت دَغَالَ), also known as Dobira Dir or Dombira, was a Somali historical figure.
Biography
Dobira was the daughter of Dagale (Dikalla), the Dir clan chief.[1] According to an official military survey conducted during the colonial period, Dir members are by tradition believed to be descended from a forefather named Dir. Dir is held to be the great grand-son of Ram Nag, an Arab migrant who landed in Zeila on the northwestern Somali coast.[2]
During the 10th or 11th century CE,[3] Dobira married Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (Darod), a son of the Sufi Sheikh Isma'il al-Jabarti of the Qadiriyyah order, who had settled in northern Somalia just across the Red Sea. The union is said to have given rise to the Darod clan family.[1]
Dobira is buried just outside the ancient northern town of Haylaan, where Sheikh Darod's tomb is located.
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