The Ibran (Somali: Cibraan or Cimraan, Arabic: عمران, Full Name: Muhammad (‘Amran) ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad) is a major clan of the wider Isaaq clan family.

[10][11][12] Sheikh Ishaaq ibn Ahmed was one of the Arabian scholars that crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa to spread Islam around 12th to 13th century.

Hence the Sheikh belonged to the Ashraf or Sada, titles given to the descendants of the prophet.

He married two local women in Somaliland that left him eight sons, one of them being Muhammad (Imran).

[10][11] They also have a large settlement in Kenya where they are known as a constituent segment of the Isahakia community.