Gendershe (clan)

Banadiri Gendershe جندرشه بنادري
Regions with significant populations
	Banaadir, Lower Shabelle, Bay and Gedo
Languages
	Aff Mahdoonte, Benadiri Somali, Somali and Arabic
Religion
	Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Sheekhaal Jaziira, Shaanshi, Hatimi, Gaameedle, Reer Marka, Reer Faqi, Biido, Asharaf, Bravanese people, and other Benadiri people

Sheekhaal Gendershe (Somali: Benadiri Gendershe Arabic:شيخال جندرشه) also known as Reer Aw Garweyne are a Benadiri clan, mainly from the southern coastal towns of Gendershe, Marka^[1] and Mogadishu. The Gendershe have also established communities in the hinterlands in towns such as Afgooye and the villages surrounding it due to trading and farming.

Overview

The Reer Aw Garweyne, who are more commonly known as Sheekhaal Gendershe get their name from the town in which their patriarch first settled in (Gendershe). The tomb of their ancestor Aw Cusmaan Garweyne (big beard) is also buried in this village synonymous with this clan and its destination of siyaaro (pilgrimages) to venerate their ancestor Aw Cismaan.^[2]^[3]

Aw Garweyne

Gendershe sub-clans

Maad-Sheekh
Reer Aw-Ibraahim
Reer Izgoowe
Reer Aw-Muraad mohamed faqi omar
Naakhude
Gaameedle
Reer Mahri

Notable people

Maxamed Sheekh Jamaal Cabdulaahi, Mayor of Mogadishu from 1956 to 1960 and the first Somali mayor of the city.
Ugaas Cabdulqaadir Xussen - President of Sheekhaal Gendershe Clan
Maxamed Xusseen Cali (Shiiqaalow) - Somali National Football Player
Cabduraxmaan Sheekh Maxamed (Aw Koombe) - Comedian
Jaarlees Cadde - Comedian
Sheekh Maxamed Sh. Cabduraxmaan Abba Xaaji - First Teacher at Somali Youth League school
Sheekh Cusmaan Sheekh Cabdiqaadir - First Somali Pilot
Maxamed Sheekh Aanis - Somali Singer
Amiinullaahi Maxamed Sh. Jamaal - First Translator for the Federal Parliament of Somalia
Sheekh Muxyidiin Sheekh Maxamed Sheekh Isaaq Al Gendershi - Qadi of Mogadishu
Maxamed Sheekh Cabdi Sheekh Cusmaan - Member of Federal Parliament of Somalia

References

^ Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. p. 108.
^ Ahmed, Hassan. La Citta' di Marka, I Biimaal e il Dominio Sulla Costa Somala. p. 59.
^ Haji Mukhtar, Mohamed. Historical Dictionary of Somalia. p. 146.

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[1] Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. p. 108.

[2] Ahmed, Hassan. La Citta' di Marka, I Biimaal e il Dominio Sulla Costa Somala. p. 59.

[3] Haji Mukhtar, Mohamed. Historical Dictionary of Somalia. p. 146.

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