Jaziira (clan)

Sheekhaal Jaziira also known as Aala Ba Hassan are a Banaadiri clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Jasiira, Jilib Marka, Marka, Mogadishu and Barawa and have established communities in the hinterlands in towns and villages such as Afgooye, Mareerey, Janaale, Shalambood, Galwiin, Wanlaweyn, Buur Hakaba, Baidoa, Moolamaad Baardheere and Xuddur due to trading, da'wah and farming.

Overview

Ba Hassan, who are more commonly known as Sheekhaal Jaziira get their name from the town in which their patriarch first settled in. The tomb of their ancestor Sheekh Mohamed Ba Hassan Az-Zubayri is also buried in this village synonymous with this clan and its destination of siyaaro to venerate their ancestor Sheekh Ba-Hassan. This revered ancestor of the Ba Hassan. In Marka they are part of the local confederacy, 12 Koofi & Mashaayikh along with clans such as Sheekhaal Gendershe, Reer Khadiib, Gaameedle, Duruqba, Reer Maanyo, Ashraaf Bin Hassan, Ashraaf Mahdali, Ashraaf Ba Alawi, Hatimi and Shanshiya.