Haatim (Chimini: Ra Haatimi, Somali: Haatim, Arabic: حاتم ) are a Somali clan from southern coastal cities of Baraawe, Marka, Kismayo and Mogadishu,[1] they can also be found in the hinterland towns in the inter-riverine are of Somalia and further down the Swahili coast.
[5] From there different branches of Haatim moved to different cities along the Benaadir and Swahili coast and to the hinterlands.
[5][1] In Mogadishu there is one indigenous sub clan called the Abakaaro from the ancient Shingani quarter,[1] however due to it being the capital many Haatims from Baraawe, Marka and other southern villages had moved their post independence.
According to locals on the Swahili coast the Haatimi moved to Pate from Yemen via Brava around the sixteenth century to teach the Quran and religion.
[6] In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Hatimi settled the towns of the central (Mrima) coast, where they took the name Shonvi or Jomvu.