According to A Modern History of Somalia: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa, the Darod clan traces its descent from a noble Arabian patriarch (1988, 24).

The Darod clan was allegedly founded by Sheik Darood, a Muslim saint who married a daughter of a local Somali patriach (Samatar 1987, 8). According to this sources, the Darod sub-clans trace their ancestry to Sheik Darod (Ibid). Information on sultans and sheiks of each subclan, and on the number of their wives and children, could not be found among the sources currently available to DIRB in Ottawa.

For information on the Majerteen, Marehan, and Ogadeni, please refer to the attached documents.

Lewis, I. M. 1988. A Modern History of Somalia: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa. Boulder: Westview Press.

Laitin, David D. and Samatar, Said S. 1987. Somalia Nation in Search of a State. Boulder: Westview Press.

Africa Confidential [London]. 20 January 1989. "Somalia: The Rise of the Ogadeni."

Genealogies of The Tribes of British Somaliland and The Mijertein. General Survey, British Somaliland. ca. 1944. Compiled by John A. Hunt.

Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. March 1991. Somalia: Country Profile, p. 14.

_____. 24 July 1989. Response to Information Request SOM1393.