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The Yibir (also called Ibro) are a numerically small tribe of Somalia. Yibirs are said to be descendants of King Mohammed Bin Haniif of Hargeysa, also known as Boqor Bur Ba'ayr. It is said that he was a herbalist, priest, and astrologer who predicted many natural disasters. Some believe that the Yibir are descendants of Hebrews who arrived in the area long before the arrival of Somali nomads, and that the word "Yibir" means "Hebrew".
References
- Somalia's 'Hebrews'
- Schneider, R. "Deux inscriptions subaribiques du Tigre" Leiden, Netherlands: Bibliotecheca Orientalis, 30, 1973, 385-387 (quoted with explanation in Bernard Leeman "Queen of Sheba and Biblical Scholarship" Queensland Academic Press 2005, pages 95-97 ISBN 0-9758022-0-8)
- Kirk, John William Carnegie "A grammar of the Somali language with examples in prose and verse; and an account of the Yibir and Midgan dialects." Cambridge: University Press, 1905