Leysan
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Leysan is the most influential subclan of Digil and Mirifle.They maily inhabit Bay,Bakol,Lower Shabelle,Middle Jubba,Gedo,Northwester Region of Kenya,and the Somali inhabited Region of Ethiopia.
Sub clans Of Leysan
The Leysan are divided into two main sub clans Orsi and Bari.Each of them is divided into several other sub sub clans:
Leysan Bari,
Abo Waabow, Mudung, Dumaali, Weeragdoy, Abo Barre, Dhegey, Rer Ibrahim Adde,
Leysan Orsi,
Abo beriyow, Abo loole (Wajaali, Gaabaye,and Gaalsore), Goboyaang, Beriye, Hogdher, Berdoyle, Wediye,
Prominent Figures of Leysan
Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, Former Warlord and TFG minister
Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, Islamic Courts Deputy Security Chief
Mahmoud Haji Mohamed Barbar, Bay Region Governor,
Mohamed Ali Aden Qalinle, Former Bay Region Governor and RRA spokesman
Ibrahim Adan Kishbur, RRA finance Chief,MP in the TFG and Former minister.
Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, A Somali intellectual and a long time professor of African & Middle Eastern History at Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia
Malaq Mukhtar Malaq Hassan, the traditional Chief of Digil and Mirifle.
Yusuf Moalim Amin Badiyow, Deputy Prime Minister,minister of Agriculture in the TNG
Ali Adan Margus, a prominent businessman
Yusuf Hassan Mursal,BBC Somali Section Reporter.