Global InformationJaarso information
Jaarso جارسو | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Languages | |
| Somali, Oromo and Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Akisho, Issa, Gadabursi, Surre, Gurgure, Biimaal, Gurre and other Dir clans. |
The Jaarso, Giarso or Jaarsoo (Somali: Jaarso, Oromo: Jaarsoo, Arabic: جارسو) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.[1] They largely live in Ethiopia, in the Oromo Region and the Somali Region, especially in and around the ancient cities of Chinaksen, Harar and between Mieso and Jigjiga.[2][3] [4][5]
- ^ Cox, P.Z.; Abud, H. M. (2020). Genealogies of the Somal: Inclusing Those of the Aysa and Gadabursi. Hansebooks GmbH. ISBN 978-3-337-96889-2.
- ^ Lewis, I. M. (1998). Peoples of the Horn of Africa: Somali, Afar and Saho. Red Sea Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781569021057.
- ^ Division, Great Britain War Office Intelligence (1941). A Handbook of Ethiopia. publisher not identified. p. 55.
- ^ Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir ʻArabfaqīh, Translated by Paul Stenhouse, Richard Pankhurst (2003). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-9723172-6-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Northeast African Studies. Vol. 11. African Studies Center, Michigan State University. 1989. p. 115.