Sheekhaal Jaziira (Somali: Shiikhaal Jaziira, Arabic: شيخال الجزيرة) also known as Aala Ba Hassan (Somali: Reer Ba Xassan, Arabic: آل باحسن) are a Banaadiri[1] clan mainly from the southern coastal cities of; Jasiira, Jilib Marka, Marka,[1] Mogadishu and Barawa and have established communities in the hinterlands in towns and villages such as Afgooye, Mareerey, Janaale, Shalambood, Galwiin, Wanlaweyn, Buur Hakaba, Baidoa, Moolamaad Baardheere and Xuddur due to trading, da'wah and farming.
The tomb of their ancestor Sheekh Ba Hassan Az-Zubayri[2] is also buried in this village synonymous with this clan and its destination of siyaaro (pilgrimages) to venerate their ancestor Sheekh Ba-Hassan.
In Marka they are part of the local confederacy, 12 Koofi & Mashaayikh along with clans such as Sheekhaal Gendershe, Sheekhaal Aw Cuthmaan, Reer Khadiib, Gaameedle, Duruqba, Reer Maanyo, Ashraaf Bin Hassan, Ashraaf Mahdali, Ashraaf Ba Alawi, Hatimi and Shanshiya .
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