Ciise Muuse


The Ciise Muuse or Issa Musse is a major Somali clan and the largest subclan of the Isaaq.
Its members form a part of the Habr Magaadle and Subeer Awal confederation, The Issa Musse are divided into four major sub-clans: Mohammed Issa, Adam Issa, Abokor Issa and Idarais Issa. The Issa Musse traditionally consists of coastal and nomadic pastoralists people.
This clan are primarily settled in Somaliland, including Togdheer, Sahil, Sheikh, qoyta, and Somalia especially in Mugadisho and as well as Kenya. This clan primarily settles in Somaliland.
Agreement of Peace, Friendship, Slave Trade etc. between Great Britain and the Sheiks of the Issa Musse , signed at Berbera, 7 November 1856.
The Issa Musse have produced many prominent Somali figures with the Undersecretary General of the United Nations, the first Somali Prime Minister, President and two Vice Presidents.

History

The Issa Musse was one of the grandsons of Sheikh Isaaq Bin Ahmed, one of the Arabian scholars that crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa to spread Islam between the 12th and 13th centuries. He is said to have been descended from Muhammad's daughter Fatimah. Hence the Sheikh belonged to the Ashraf or Sada, titles given to the descendants of Muhammad. It is said he married two local women in Somalia that left him eight sons and Abdirahman Suber Awal was of them while Issa Musse was son Subeer Awal.

Clans

A summarized clan family, with four of the major subclans of Issa Mussa is presented below.
The four major subclans of Issa Musse are: