Hahi

Hahi started as a permanent well for pastoralists and became a settlement. In the 19th century, members of the Sufi order Dandarawiyah would establish a tariqa and jama'a (congregation) at the town. The order was founded by Sayid Mohamed al Dandarawi who was a student of Ibrahim al Rashid and their teachings spread from Arabia to Sudan before eventually reaching Somaliland via the Somali Sheikh Sayid Aadan Ahmed.^[2][3] It spread to Sheikh, remaining much smaller than the established Qadiriyya or Salihiyya orders. Nur Ahmed studied in the tariqa of Hahi before a succession crisis caused him to leave; he later took the title of Habr Yunis and Reer cali part of arab sub-clan Sultan.^[4]

In June 2006 Hahi had an estimated population of 2,971.^[5] Hahi is inhabited by Reer Elmi (also known as Reer Cilmi), a subdivision of the Habaryoonis clan, which belongs to the Garxajis sub-clan of the larger Isaaq clan family.