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The Aba Jibil trace their origin to Haji ‘Abdirahman bin Mu’awiye bin Sufyan of the Quraysh. Many generations after his death, the descendants of Haji ‘Abdirahman emigrated to Hadramut in Yemen where they settled in the town of Tarim. Some of the the Aba Jibil, who have moved to Moyale on the Ethiopia- Kenya border as coffee traders, still keep contact with those of Tarim in Yemen, but those who live by the Bariire Village of Lower Shabeelle region have lost contact with their origin. (Mohamed Ibraahim, Manchester Nov. 2004. He states that he has traveled to Yemen and confirmed this with informants in the town of Hodeida.) From there a man named Maxamed bin Sadiiq migrated to Muqdisho accompanied by his six sons: Nuur, Cali, Muumin, Cumar, Cabdulraxmaan (Eebow) and Faqi, who were all traders and also preachers of Islam. The party landed in the quarter which is now known as Xamar Jabjab because it was later abandoned and became a ruin, but which at that time was flourishing. (By one account this was in the fifth century AH (12th century CE) or according to another, given to Mohamed Ibraahim by Aba Jibil elders in Somalia, 800 AH (about 1400 CE). It is said that they had never intended to stop in Somalia; they were headed for Zanzibar, but their ship was wrecked on the coast near Xamar Jabjab. The people there asked them what they wanted to do, and were told ‘We know about farming and the Qur'an.’ They told them that if they wanted land to farm, they need go no further – there was land available, and pointed in the direction of Afgooye. As they moved inland, the Aba Jibil were approached by the Geledi and the Biimaal who, having seen them reading by their campfire, wanted to know if they could teach them magical arts, but they replied that they could teach them the Qur'aan, nothing else. But the religious learning of the Aba Jibil was rejected by the Geledi and the Biimaal. However the news reached the Garre, and the next day their representatives too arrived. They offered them a place to live, and asked them what knowledge they had. ‘We know how to grow sesame and lemons1 .’ Thereupon the Garre and the Aba Jibil made a pact which continues to this day. The Garre said they would become their amaan, to defend them if they were attacked. In return, the Aba Jibil taught the Garre the Qur'an. In addition to their pact with the Garre, the Aba Jibil allied themselves with the Begedi Gibil Madow lineages, Hubsame and Hamaale, who were already living b the river. Their settlement at Bariire became a centre of learning, so much so that up to 70 or 80 years ago people came from Ethiopia and the Ogaden to study there.