[1] It is part of the Darod Harti clan and It is a sub-clan of Ahmed Harti, also called Mooracase, with Gabtaanle , Tiinle and Maganlabe as brother clans.

Members of the clan primarily live in Puntland, especially Bari, Karkaar and Sanaag regions.

Clan members are also found in Kismanyo in southern Somalia.

[2][3][4][5][6] Clan's head elder serves as nominal Ugas of Harti clans.

The Italian explorer Giulio Baldacci who travelled along Somali coasts in 1906-1909 said: "About 3+1⁄2 hours' walk from Bet Nur, we came to Bander Kasnin (also called by the Arabs: the native name is Bosaso), which was built about sixty years ago, the Kaptallah (a seafaring tribe, now almost extinct) being the first to build few huts there.