Reer faqi

Reer Faqi (Somali: Reer Faqay, Chimini: Ra Faqi), also known as Banu Qahtan, are a Benadiri clan primarily from the southern coastal cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Baraawe and Kismayo[1]. Due to historical trading activities they have established communities in the hinterlands in towns such as Afgooye, Baidoa, Diinsoor and Bardheere.

Reer Faqi
Regions with significant populations
Benadir and Lower Shabelle
Languages
Aff Mahdoonte, Benadiri Somali, Somali, Arabic and Chimini
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Shanshiyo, Biido, Asharaf, Bravanese people, Tunni and other Benadiri people

Overview

The name Faqi comes from the Arabic fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). The Reer Faqi lineage in a Benadiri context are inheritors of the role of Qadis of the society and in Mogadishu the chief Qadi is chosen from amongst them. However, this is not the case in other Benadiri settlements.[2][3] Due to their nature in Benadiri society, especially in Mogadishu, it is very important for the Reer Faqis to be seen as impartial. As a result, the Reer Faqi clan are not seen as either Reer Shingani or Reer Hamar Weyne (Mogadishu oldest settlements) like other Benadiri clans in Mogadishu and hence are one of the only groups who can be found in both moieties (this also includes the clan confederacy Reer Maanyo). Reer Faqis are also not part of any Sufi brotherhood and do not take part in the annual Banaadiri festival "shirta" in Mogadishu.[2]

Notable people
  • Aw Faqi Aboor
  • Shaykh Muhiyidin Mua'llim Mukaram
  • Sheikh Mohammad Yahya Aladiin Moalim Mukaram
  • Khalid Macow, current representative of the reer Faqi clan in the lower house of the Somali Federal Government
  • Sharif Mohamed Saydi, former representative of the reer Faqi clan in the lower house of the Somali Federal Government

See also

References
  1. Adam, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. pp. 107–108.
  2. Adam,, Anita. Benadiri People of Somalia with Particular Reference to the Reer Hamar of Mogadishu. p. 138.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. Kassim, Mohamed. Northeast African Studies, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 3. pp. 24–25.
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