12/10/2021
The Garre Tuuf are of Gardheere Samaale one of the nine mythical founders of the Somali and sons of the Samaale the Quraanyow Maxammed Xiniftire are of the Dir clan and a son of Mahe Dir. Quraanyow are closely related to the Biimaal Maxammed, Isaaq, Suure and Mandaluug of the Southern Dir.
The Garre are a Somali pastoralist clan that live in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. They are sub clan of Digil clan family of Somalia. Almost all speak the Garre language, though it may be secondary to Maay.
The origins of the Garre are not clear, and there are some conflicting traditions among clan members. One tradition assumes that the Garre are of Samaale origin being descendants of Garedheere Samaale. However, there are other traditions that associate the Garre Tuuf to the Hawiye clan, while the Quranyow Mohamed have traditional links to the Dir subclans of Mohamed Xinfitire. Complicating matters further is the recent Garre association with the Digil subclan of the Rahanweyn, which would make the Garre closely affiliated with the Tunni and Jiido of the lower Jubba valley.
They are divided into two major sub clans, TUF and QURAN (quranyowa.) According to the gharri oral traditions, almost all of the gharri elders agree including sheikh abdiwahid, one of the well-respected gharri elders from gharri konfur, gharri was an arab immigrant who came from the gulf of Aden or possibly from “yeman” he had two sons, MOHAMED and TUF. Mohamed died after he had one son QURAN (quranyow). Quran was raised by his uncle Mr. Tuf. Later on he married Mako who is tuf’s daughter and Quran’s first cousin. Then he (Quran) fathered two sons, FURKESHA and ASSAREE. Assarree had two sons, BANA and KILIYA.
FURKESHA, the brother of ASSARRE, had seven sons; they were Otkoya, Birkaya, Oytira, Darawa, Kalwesha, Urdeq and “subukitre”.
Also, the second half of the gharri branch is TUF. TUF is believed to be the uncle and father in-law of quran or quranyow, and he had two sons, ALI and ADOLA. ADOLA had eight sons. They were kalwina, kalmassa, bursuni, odomai, maqabille, maid, rer mug and tubadi.
The tuf’s second son ALI had three sons; their names were kalula, ta’ulle and sabdhawa.
TODAY, ALMOST EVERY GHARRI PERSON IS BELONGING TO ONE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED GROUP OF THE SUB CLANS OF THE GHARRI PEOPLE.