Update to SOM22049.E of 17 October 1995 on the Balcad or Bal'ad subclan of the Darod/Ogaden clan family [SOM22259.E]

In a 1944 genealogical table of Somali clan names from British Somaliland and the Mijertein, the Balad Absame are listed as a Darod subclan descending from Absame Kumade (Somali Tribes 1989, 21). For additional information, please consult the attachment.

In spite of consulting oral sources not previously consulted for SOM22049.E of 17 October 1995, no other information could be found on the Balad.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Reference


Somali Tribes. 1989. Jean-Pierre Gaulthier. "Arbre Généalogique des Clans de la Tribu Somali." (Contains John A. Hunt. 1944. "Genealogies of the Tribes of British Somaliland and the Mijertein")

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Somali Tribes. 1989. Jean-Pierre Gaulthier. "Arbre Généalogique des Clans de la Tribu Somali." (Contains John A. Hunt. 1944. "Genealogies of the Tribes of British Somaliland and the Mijertein,") pp. 1, 21.