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[ 0 => '{{Infobox ethnic group|', 1 => '| native_name = ', 2 => '| native_name_lang = ', 3 => '| image = ', 4 => '| region1 = {{flagcountry|Somalia}}', 5 => '| region2 = {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}}', 6 => '| region4 = {{flagcountry|Kenya}}', 7 => '| region5 = {{flagcountry|Djibouti}}', 8 => '| langs = [[Somali language|Somali]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]]', 9 => '| rels = [[Islam]] ^{([[Sunni Islam|Sunni]])}', 10 => '| related_groups = ', 11 => '| related-c = [[Siddiqui]]s, [[Qallu]], [[Harari people]], [[Arabs]] and other [[Somali clan]]s<!-- CONFIRMED RELATIONS! -->', 12 => '| group = ', 13 => '}}', 14 => ' ', 15 => 'The '''Sheekhaal''' (var. '''Sheikhaal''' ({{lang-ar|شيخال}}), also known as '''Fiqi Omar''', is a [[Somali clan]]. They inhabit [[Somalia]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]] and with considerable numbers also found in the [[North Eastern Province (Kenya)|Northern Frontier District]] (NFD) in [[Kenya]].', 16 => '', 17 => '==Overview==', 18 => 'Sheekhal originate from [[Harar]] in the tenth century.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davison |first1=William |title=Anguish for Harari as Oromo claim rights |url=https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2019/01/02/anguish-for-harari-as-oromo-claim-rights/ |website=Ethiopian Insight}}</ref> Sheekhal traces its ancestry to Sheikh [[Abadir Umar Ar-Rida]], also known as ''Fiqi Umar'', who in turn traced his lineage to the first [[caliph]], [[Abu Bakr]] (Sayid Abubakar Al-Sadiq). According to the explorer [[Richard F. Burton]], In his book ''First Footsteps in East Africa''. The Sheekhaash or Sheekhaal is described as the only Somalis of the mountains not derived from [[Dir (clan)|Dir]] and [[Darod|Darood]]. They claim descent from "Caliph Abu Bakr" and asserted that their ancestor Khutab bin Fakih Umar crossed over from Al-Hijaz.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/firstfootstepsi00burtgoog|title=First Footsteps in East Africa|last=Burton|first=Richard Francis|date=1856-01-01|publisher=Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans|isbn=|location=|page=[https://archive.org/details/firstfootstepsi00burtgoog/page/n251 193]|language=en|via=}}</ref> Fiqi Umar crossed over from the [[Arabian Peninsula]] to the [[Horn of Africa]] with his six sons: Umar the Greater, Umar the Lesser, the two Abdillahs, Ahmad and Siddik.<ref>Richard Burton, ''First Footsteps in East Africa'', 1856; edited with an introduction and additional chapters by Gordon Waterfield (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 165</ref> Sheikh Ar-Rida is also regarded as the saint of [[Harar]].<ref name="Uhlig">Siegbert Uhlig, ''Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N'', Volume 3, (Otto Harrassowitz Verlag: 2007), pp.111 & 319.</ref> The lineage goes back to [[Banu Taym]], through the first Caliph [[Abu Bakr]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XpdAzRYruCwC&q=sheekhaal%3DPA173&pg=PA126|title=The Invention of Somalia|last1=Wolford|first1=Ali |last2=Jimcale|date=1995-10-04|publisher=First Edition Design Pub.|isbn=978-0932415998|location=|pages=55|language=en}}</ref>', 19 => '', 20 => 'The Ahmed Loobage subclan would argue that while they are politically aligned with the larger Hawiye clan, this does not mean that they are Hawiye <ref name="jama2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAyeNqKK7bQC&pg=PA140|title=Who Cares About Somalia|author=Hassan Ali Jama|publisher=Verlag Hans Schiler|year=2005|isbn=3-89930-075-0|location=Berlin|page=140}}</ref> This view is shared by the Aw-Qutub, one of the major Sheekhal subclans; they too totally reject the notion that the Sheekhal are part of hawiye : Lobogay (Loboge), Aw Qudub and Gendershe and Ali.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somraf.org/research%20Matrerials/joint%20british%20danish%20dutch%20fact%20finding%20mission%20in%20Nairobi%20-%202001.pdf|title=Report on minority groups in Somalia|date=2000-11-24|author=Joint British, Danish and Dutch fact-finding mission to Nairobi, Kenya|page=55|accessdate=2013-01-02|location=Nairobi, Kenya|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021044246/http://www.somraf.org/research%20Matrerials/joint%20british%20danish%20dutch%20fact%20finding%20mission%20in%20Nairobi%20-%202001.pdf|archivedate=2013-10-21}}</ref> Lewis (1982) mentions that the largest clan of the Sheikhal is the Reer Fiqi Omar, whose most important lineage, the Reer Aw Qutub, inhabit Somali region of Ethiopia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=I.M|title=A study of pastoralism and politics among the northern Somalis of the Horn of Africa|publisher=Africana Publishing Company|location=New York|year=1982|pages=10–11|url=http://www.somraf.org/research%20Matrerials/joint%20british%20danish%20dutch%20fact%20finding%20mission%20in%20Nairobi%20-%202001.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021044246/http://www.somraf.org/research%20Matrerials/joint%20british%20danish%20dutch%20fact%20finding%20mission%20in%20Nairobi%20-%202001.pdf|archivedate=2013-10-21}}</ref> The Sheekhal clans were reportedly considered as part of the Hawiye politically until after the civil war.<ref name="jama">{{Cite book | author=Hassan Ali Jama | year=2005 | title=Who Cares About Somalia | location=Berlin | publisher= Verlag Hans Schiler | page=140 | isbn=3-89930-075-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAyeNqKK7bQC&pg=PA140}}</ref>', 21 => '', 22 => 'General Mohamed Ibrahim was a Sheikhal, described in his book how the Sheikhal became associated with the Hawiye and added as ‘Martileh Hiraab’ (literally meaning ''guests of Hiraab'').<ref>https://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/90_1261130976_accord-report-clans-in-somalia-revised-edition-20091215.pdf Clans in Somalia Report on a Lecture by Joakim Gundel, COI Workshop Vienna, 15 May 2009 (Revised Edition) published December 2009</ref> Shekhal are also mentioned to be one of the religious groups of Somalia along with the Ashraf.<ref>http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/old-site-downloads/download-912-Click-here-to-download-full-report.pdf</ref>', 23 => '', 24 => '==Sheekhaal sub-clans==', 25 => '{{copy edit|date=October 2020|section}}', 26 => '', 27 => '* [[Shiikhall Gendershe|Cusmaan Fiqi Cumar (Gendershe)]]', 28 => '* Aw-Qutub<ref name="Hagi">{{Cite book | author=Aves Osman Hagi | author2= Abdiwahid Osman Hagi | year=1988 | title=Clan, sub-clan, and regional representation in the Somali government organization, 1960-1990: statistical data and findings | location=Washington DC| publisher= Aves O. Hagi & Abdiwahid O. Hagi | page=156 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iS4fHAAACAAJ }}</ref>', 29 => '* Aw Axmed Loobage<ref name="Hagi" />', 30 => '* Shiikhaal Jasiira (Aw bah-Xasan)<ref name="Hagi" />', 31 => '*Reerow Xasan (Xasan Fiqi Cumar)', 32 => '* [[Gaameedle]] Gandarshe<ref name="Hagi" />', 33 => '*Reer Aw Sacid (Ali Fiqi cumar)', 34 => '', 35 => 'Faqi Ayuub Fiqi Omar Gursum in Ethiopia and Eastern Hararghe', 36 => '* Qallu<ref name="Hagi" />', 37 => '* Teedan<ref name="Hagi" />', 38 => '* Abiib<ref name="Hagi" />', 39 => '* Cali Cafiif<ref name="Hagi" />', 40 => '* Gudle<ref name="Hagi" />', 41 => '* Cabdisamad<ref name="Hagi" /> (found in Banadir Shangani)', 42 => '* Sheikh Hayti<ref name="Hagi" />', 43 => '* Seyle<ref name="Hagi" />', 44 => '', 45 => '==Clan tree==', 46 => '* Abu Bakr as-Siddiq', 47 => '**[[Abadir Umar ar-Rida|Sheikh Omar-Ar-Rida]] (''Fiqi Omar'')', 48 => '*** Osman Fiqi Omar', 49 => '*** Loboge', 50 => '*** Aw-Qutub', 51 => '', 52 => '==Prominent figures==', 53 => '*[[Abadir Umar Ar-Rida]] (Fiqi Omar)', 54 => '* [[Abdulrahman Kinana]], first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, 2001–2006; former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence of Tanzania', 55 => '*[[Mohammed Hussein Ali]], former Commissioner of the Kenya Police', 56 => '*[[Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir]], The current Director-General of NISA and former Chief of Staff for Villa Somalia. He is described as the most influential politician in Somalia at the present time.', 57 => '*[[Dahir Adan Elmi]], chief of Somali Armed Forces, Major General and the Commander of Qabdir-Daharre Battalion in Somalia-Ethiopian War in 1977 who won bravery golden award that war. He is regarded as the most decorated General in Somali army.', 58 => '*[[Mohamed Ibrahim Liqliiqato]], Prominent Somali politician, diplomat, and Major General from [[Kismayo]] lower Jubba region. He was a Somali ambassador to the Soviet Union, and ambassador to West-Germany in 1970s. He also held the ministry of Agriculture and Interior ministry. He is the longest-serving speaker of the parliament holding the position from 1982-1991. The Liiqliiqato bridge in Beledwen named after him.', 59 => '', 60 => '==References==', 61 => '{{Reflist}}', 62 => '* http://www.geeskaafrika.com/20606/somalia-the-first-governor-of-hiiraan-1960/', 63 => '', 64 => '{{Somali clans}}', 65 => '', 66 => '[[Category: Somali clans]]', 67 => '[[Category: Somali clans in Ethiopia]]' ]