Lailkase

Main article: Somali clan
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]

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

Prominent figures

References


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