- The
Bimaal or Bimal, (Somali:
Biimaal; Arabic:بيمال) are a sub-clan of the
major Dir clan family. This clan is
widely known for
leading a
resistance against...
- The
Banadir resistance, also
known as the
Bimaal revolt,
Merca revolt, or
simply the
Bimaal resistance, was a
guerrilla war that
lasted from the 1890s...
- the
Biimaal section of the Dir. The
Biimaal clan is
widely known for
leading a
resistance against the
colonials in
southern Somalia.The
Biimaal violently...
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performed by
local client-farmers, boon, or low
status groups of the
dominant Biimaal, Geledle, Hintirre, Murosade,
Mobileyn and
other predominantly pastoral...
- Abdi
Abukar Gaafle, Somali: (Sh****h
Cabdi Gaafle), was a
leader of the
Biimaal Revolt against Italian occupation of
southern Somalia. Born in Armadow...
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expelled the
Ajuran clan. The El Amir
ruled for thirty-four
years until the
Biimaal expelled them and
definitively occupied Merca. One of the most powerful...
- with the Akisho, Gadabuursi, Issa, the
Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys), the
Biimaal (who the
Gaadsen also
belong to), the Bajimal, the Bursuk, the Madigan...
- Shiidle, Makane, Hintire, Eeyle,
Sedah Omar,
Digil Afaaf and
Mirifle Afaaf,
Biimaal Afaaf, and some Moobleen,
which all
contain further clans and subclans...
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Languages Somali,
Oromo and
Arabic Religion Islam (****)
Related ethnic groups Akisho, Issa, Gadabursi, Surre, Gurgure,
Biimaal,
Gurre and
other Dir clans....
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living there also.
According to H****an
Osman Ahmed's "La Citta' di Marka, I
Biimaal e il
Dominio Sulla Costa Somala" book 12
Koofi are
split into 2 groups...
