The Abaskuul, Abasguul, Abasgul or Abaskul (Somali: Abasguul, Abaskuul. Arabic: ابسغول) is a Somali sub-clan of the Jidwaaq, Absame, Kumade, Kablalah, Darod line.[1] The Abaskuul mainly reside between Jigjiga and Degahbur in the Somali Region in Ethiopia,[1][2] but also have settlements in Jubaland (Somalia) and Kenya.[3] They share borders with the Ogaden, Bartire, and Habar Awal clans.[4] The Abaskuul were famously described in Richard Burton's First Footsteps in East Africa,[5] as well as 17 Trips to Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia by Captain Harald G. C. Swayne.[6]
- ^ a b Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Somalia: Information on the Abasguul subclan of the Darod, including their traditional and current location". Refworld. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Kefale, Asnake (2011). "Federal Restructuring in Ethiopia: Renegotiating Identity and Borders along the Oromo–Somali Ethnic Frontiers". Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 74–94. doi:10.1002/9781444395587.ch4. ISBN 978-1-4443-9558-7.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Somalia: Information on the Jidwaaq subclan of the Darod and their traditional homelands". Refworld. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Hagmann, Tobias; Péclard, Didier (2011). Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–23. doi:10.1002/9781444395587.ch1. ISBN 978-1-4443-9558-7.
- ^ Burton, Richard (2011), "Plate section", First Footsteps in East Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/cbo9781139004107.014, ISBN 9781139004107, retrieved 2021-12-22
- ^ Swayne, H. G. C.; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries). "Seventeen trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia". library.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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