Hahi Explained

Official Name:Hahi
Native Name:Xaaxi
Other Name:Oriya: حاحي
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Togdheer#Somaliland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Somaliland
Pushpin Relief:yes
Coordinates:9.3519°N 44.9642°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name1:Somaliland
Subdivision Name2:Togdheer
Subdivision Name3:Oodweyne District
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:1,008
Population Total:2971
Population As Of:2006
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3
Blank Name:Climate
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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, a subdivision of the Garhajis and Arap clan of the wider Isaaq clan family.[6]

Notes and References

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