Jaziira (clan)

Sheekhaal Jaziira (Somali: Shiikhaal Jaziira, Arabic: شيخال الجزيرة) also known as Aala Ba Hassan (Somali: Reer Ba Xassan, Arabic: آل باحسن) are a Banaadiri^[1] clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Jasiira, Jilib Marka, Marka,^[1] 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.

Sheekhaal Jaziira شيخال جزيرة

Regions with significant populations
Benadir and Lower Shabelle
Languages
Aff Mahdoonte, Benadiri Somali, Maay, Somali and Arabic
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Gendershe , Reer faqi, Biido, Asharaf, Bravanese people, and other Benadiri and Arab people

Overview

Ba Hassan, who are more commonly known as Sheekhaal Jaziira get their name from the town in which their patriarch first settled in (Jaziira). The tomb of their ancestor Sheekh Mohamed Ba Hassan Az-Zubayri^[2] is also buried in this village synonymous with this clan and its destination of siyaaro (pilgrimages) to venerate their ancestor Sheekh Ba-Hassan.^[3] 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 .^[3][4]