Group: | Gabtaaanle غابتانلي |
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Rels: | Islam |
Related-C: | Dishiishe, Warsangeli, Tiinle, Majeerteen, Ogaden, Maganlabe, Gabtaanle and other Darod groups. |
The Gabtaanle (Somali: Gabtaanle, Arabic: غابتانلي) is a Somali clan. It is a sub-clan of Ahmed Harti, also called Mooracase, with Dishiishe, Tiinle and Maganlabe as brother clans. Gabtaanle's forefather was the first man to settle in the area currently known as Bosaso.[1] [2] The clan members have permanent presence in the Bari and Sanaag regions in Somalia, particularly Bosaso, and Dhahar among other towns and villages.[3]
They are mainly inhabited Puntland Bosaso along with their other subclans of Darod, mainly Moracase.