Qallu is a name in which the people person who are believed to be the descents of Sayyid Abu Bakr al Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam , are known in East Eastern Ethiopia , Somalia and Djibouti . Why They are Called Qallu? Qallu is a common name known in Oromo, Somali, Harari, Afar traditions because there is a clan called Qallu within each of these ethnic groups. However, it is the Oromos or the Somalis who enthusiastically refer to the name. ref name BRAUK Ulrich Brauk mper Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. Collected Essays , G ttinger Studien zur Ethnologie 9, 2003, ISBN 978 3 8258 5671 7, pp.112 123, 117 ref . It is said that Qallu to mean people of the religion , and it describes the Qallu s main occupation in their societies. That means in the past, most of the persons who belong to Qallu clan were dominantly the teachers of Islam in the areas that they reside. ref name BRAUK Variations in the Descriptions of Qallu The Qallu inhabit Hararghe , Somali Region , and Dire Dawa as well as the Republics of Somalia and Djibouti . The Qallu s in Ethiopia trace back their genealogy mostly to a man called Aw Omar Ziyad , and then to Aw Qutub , and Aw Abadir Umar Ar Rida , a scholar to whom the Harari s refer as the Patron Saint of Harar . And all Qallus in Ethiopia claim they have the same blood with Sheekhaal , a clan whom Sir Richard Burton repeatedly mentioned in his book titled First Footsteps in East Africa . ref Richard Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa ..., the latter is only an implication of their ancestral father Geographical Dispersions of the Qallu Richard Burton describes that Qallu Sheekhaash is dispersed among its brothers other clans and they can ... ref . This is an exact description of the highly reverend clan of Qallu. Today, as Burton witnessed 150 years ago, we can find the Qallu from Somlia up to Wello . However, the highly concentrated communities of the Qallu can be found in the following areas. in Babille, Oromia woreda Babille , Deder ... more details
unsourced date September 2010 For populated places in Iran Abbasi, Iran disambiguation Abbasi, Iran Abbasi lang ar is a prominent Islamic family name. Origin Image Abbasid Khalifate.png thumb 450px right The extent of Abbasid rule The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad s youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad. It flourished for two centuries, but slowly went into decline with the rise to power of the Turkish army it had created, the Mamluks. Within 150 years of gaining control of Persia, the caliphs were forced to cede power to local dynastic emirs who only nominally acknowledged their authority. The caliphate also lost the Western provinces of Al Andalus, Maghreb and Ifriqiya to an Umayyad prince, the Aghlabids and the Fatimids, respectively. The Abbasids rule was briefly ended for three years in 1258, when Hulagu Khan, the Mongol khan, sacked Baghdad, resuming in Mamluk Egypt in 1261, from where they continued to claim authority in religious matters until 1519, when power was formally transferred to the Ottomans and the capital relocated to Constantinople. Geographical distribution Members of the Abbasi family can be found in Iraq mainly , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Iran , Turkey , Jordan , Egypt , Palestine , Syria , Pakistan , Azad Kashmir , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , India , Australia , Canada , United States , Slovakia , Czech Republic , United States , Switzerland , Netherlands , France , Tunisia , Sweden , Kuwait , and the United Kingdom . See also Alavi Bahawalpur Kalhora Dhond Abbasi Daudpota Farooqi Akuhndkhel Syed Gardezi Gilani Hashemi Osmani Pakistani name Qallu Quraishi Sayyid Shaikh Siddiqui Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa References Reflist Ethnic and social groups of the Punjab surname Category Arabic language surnames Category Iranian language surnames Category Surnames Category Royal families Category Social grou ... more details
Wenago is one of the 77 woreda s in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region of Ethiopia . Part of the Gedeo Zone , Wenago is bordered on the south by Yirgachefe woreda Yirgachefe , on the west by the Oromia Region , on the north by the Sidama Zone , and on the east by Bule woreda Bule . Towns in Wenago include Wenago and Dilla . According to a 2004 report, Wenago had 12 kilometers of asphalt roads, 56 kilometers of all weather roads and 17 kilometers of dry weather roads, for an average road density of 333 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. ref http www.snnprbofed.gov.et Reports Roads.xls Detailed statistics on roads , SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website accessed 15 September 2009 ref Local landmarks include the Qallu compound galma of the Guji Oromo , which that group claims ought to be annexed to the Guji Zone of the Oromia Region, a claim which has led to violence in the past. ref Asebe Regassa Debelo, http hdl.handle.net 10037 990 Ethnicity and inter ethnic relations The Ethiopian experiment and the case of the Guji and Gedeo , Master s thesis in indigenous studies, University of Troms 2007 , p. 84 ref Demographics Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 277,190, of whom 137,891 are men and 139,299 are women 70,282 or 25.36 of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 14.4 . With an estimated area of 255.16 square kilometers, Wenago has an estimated population density of 1,086.30 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 617.5. ref http www.csa.gov.et text files 2005 national statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics , Tables B.3 and B.4 ref In the 1994 Census this woreda had a population of 185,676, of whom 93,300 were men and 92,376 women 38,794 or 20.89 of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Wenago ... more details
Culture of Somalia Somali mythology covers the belief s, myth s, legend s and folk tale s circulating in Somali people Somali society that were passed down to new generations in a timeline spanning several millennia. Many of the things that constitute Somali mythology today are traditions whose accuracy have faded away with time or have transformed considerably with the coming of Islam to the Horn of Africa . The culture of venerating saint s and the survival of several religious offices in modern Somalia show that old traditions of the region s History of Somalia ancient past had a significant impact on Islam in Somalia Somali Islam and Somali literature in later centuries. Similarly, practitioners of traditional Somali Traditional medicine medicine and astronomy also adhere to remnants of an old cultural belief system that once flourished in Somalia and the wider Horn region. Pre Islamic period File Caynabo ruins.jpg thumb left 180px Ancient temple ruins in Aynabo The Somali people in pre Islamic times are believed to have adhered to a complex monotheistic belief system, with a set of deities superseded by a single all powerful figure called Eebe God , also known as Waaq . The wikt equilibrium equilibrium of the Universe in Somali mythology was tied with the love between a bull and a cow . The Universe was said to balance itself on the horns of a bull, a beast forever staring at the cow tied to a pole in front of him. Whenever his love turned her eyes away from the bull, it would result in a physical shift that caused natural disasters on Earth . ref Gifts By Nuruddin Farah pg 94 ref Religious temple s dating from ancient history antiquity known as Taalo were the centers where important ceremonies were held led by a Qallu priest . Deities border 0 valign top Eebe God Eebe is the Somali word for God and was synonymously used for the ancient Cushitic Sky God Waq . According to Somali Legend Eebe lived in the Heaven s and whenever the nomad s successfully prayed for ... more details
called Qallu. Some of them speak Arabic still now. But most of them speak the local Oromo ..., in Ethiopia, they are Usually known as Qallu. And in Somalia, they are commonly known as Sheikhal ... more details
primary sources date September 2011 POV date March 2011 Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Sheikh Bilal 1907? October 31, 1988 was one of the famous Islamic Scholars of the Chercher Highlands of Harerghe province whom many people of Harerghe recall as the most authorized source of his time for the ancient history of Islam in Ethiopia. ref Ulrich Brauk mper Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. Collected Essays , G ttinger Studien zur Ethnologie 9, 2003, ISBN 978 3 8258 5671 7, pp. 119. In the summer months of 1972, Professor Ulrich Brauk mper personally met Sheikh Muhammad Rashid in order to collect some of the data that enabled him write his most famous Essay titled Notes on the Islamization and Muslim Shrines of the Harar Plateau ref He is also remembered as a saver of indigenous knowledge, a teacher of many Ulama, a poet and author of many books. While his real name had been Sheikh Muhammed Rashid Sheikh Bilal, he appears on his written documents as Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad shortening his own and his father s name who had been Mohammed Bilal , and adding then his grandfather s name and Muhammad ibn Muhammad Al Bakri Al siddiqi . ref Interviews with Muttaqii Sheikh Muhammed Rashid, 2010, Gelemso. By the latter, he was denoting he had descents from caliph Abubakr Al Siddiq. But this is not the sheikhs own belief only. The Oromos of Harar usually believe that their own clan called Qallu was descended from Caliph Abubakr Siddiq through Sheikh Abadir Umar ar Rida of Harar. It is said that the three chilredn of Abadir were adopted by Oromos and became forebearers of the Qallu . This Qallu , who are widely spread also among the Oromo of Wello, are seen with a high honor and respect. ref Early life Sheikh Muhammad Rashid was a son of Sheikh Bilal Kabir Muhammad, a prominent Sheikh from the Qallu clan of the Ittu Oromo . He was born in 1906 at a rural village called Belbeleti Chirratti , 15 km south of Gelemso town. His mother, known as Fatima Abdullahi Ham ... more details
with his given name Usso after he was made ilma gossa or the adopted son of the Warra Qallu clan ... son of the Warra Qallu sub group within the Ittu Oromo division of the Eastern Oromo, ref name Tourism ... from Warra Qallu Oromo clan, but also for his high priesthood in the Chercher plateau. His descendents ... more details
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