Hahi

Hahi Xaaxi حاحي
Town
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Coordinates: 09°21′7″N 44°57′51″E
Country	Somaliland
Region	Togdheer
District	Oodweyne District
Elevation	1,008 m (3,307 ft)
Population  (2006)[1]
• Total	2,971
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate	BWh

Hahi (Somali: Xaaxi, Arabic: حاحي), is a town in Oodweyne District located in western Togdheer, Somaliland.

History

Hahi started as a permanent well for pastoralists and became a settlement. In the 19th century, members of the Sufi order Dandarawiyah would establish a tariqa and jama'a (congregation) at the town. The order was founded by Sayid Mohamed al Dandarawi who was a student of Ibrahim al Rashid and their teachings spread from Arabia to Sudan before eventually reaching Somaliland via the Somali Sheikh Sayid Aadan Ahmed.[2][3] It would spread to Sheikh although it remained much smaller than the established Qadiriyya or Salihiyya orders. A young Nur Ahmed would study in the tariqa of Hahi before a succession crisis would prompt him to leave and eventually see him take the title of Habr Yunis and Reer cali part of arab sub-clan Sultan.[4]

Demographics

In June 2006 Hahi had an estimated population of 2,971.[5] Hahi is inhabited by subclans of the Habar Yoonis Ugaadh Cumar, and reer Cali, and guyob Eidagale subdivisions of the Garhajis a sub-clan of the wider Isaaq clan family.[6]

References

1. "Nutrition assessment - Hawd of Togdheer" (PDF). June 2006. pp. 35–37.
2. Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) (2015). THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN SOMALIA. Adonis & Abbey. pp. 65–74. ISBN 9781912234035.
3. "Shaykh Sayyid Ibrahim Al-Rashid, www.ahmadiah-idrisiah.com, at-Tariqah al-Ahmadiah al-Idrisiah ar-Rasyidiah ad-Dandarawiah (Singapore)". www.ahmadiah-idrisiah.com. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
4. British Somaliland by Drake Brockman, pages 79–82, 1912.
5. "Nutrition assessment - Hawd of Togdheer" (PDF). June 2006. pp. 35–37.
6. General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950, 164