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Jeberti people
Muslim clan in the Horn of Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Jeberti or Jabarti (Tigrinya: ጀበርቲ, Arabic: الجبرتي, romanized: al-Jabartī, also pronounced Gabarti in Egyptian colloquial Arabic[1]) are a Muslim[2] clan inhabiting the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen and Oman.
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Islam was in the Horn of Africa early on from the Arabian Peninsula, shortly after the hijra. Zeila's Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Two-mihrab Mosque) dates to the 7th century, and is one of the oldest mosques in Africa.[3] In the late 9th century, Al-Yaqubi wrote that Muslims were living along the northern Somali seaboard.[4] Among these early migrants was Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, the forefather of the Darod clan family.[5] Al-Maqrizi noted that a number of the Muslims settled in the Zeila-controlled Gabarta region which is presently northeastern Somalia, and from there gradually expanded into the hinterland in the Horn of Africa.[6]
At the time, a merchant class developed in the region known as Jabarti. Largely in response to a long-held Ethiopian aversion to trade as an occupation, the Muslim principalities expanded towards the Awash River and beyond.[7] The Zara Yaqob chronicles also mentions the Abyssinian province of Gabar-ge being ruled by a Hegano.[8]
The Jabarti are the second biggest clan in terms of population and land size in Somalia and a large minority in Yemen, Oman, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Most Jabarti concentrated cities include Asmara, Addis Ababa, Kismayo, Badhan, Garowe, Lasanod, Garbaharrey, Jigjiga, Bosaso, Bardera, Buraan, Garissa, Daleti and Salalah.
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The Somali Jabarti clan family speak Somali and Arabic. In Eritrea and Ethiopia they mainly speak Tigrinya and Arabic.
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