Genealogy
- Yusuf "AlKawnayn"
- Son of Ahmed
- Son of Mahamed
- Son of Abdalahi
- Son of Ismaeil
- Son of Muse
- Son of Husein
- Son of Ali
- Son of Hamse
- Son of Qasim
- Son of Yahya
- Son of Husein
- Son of Ahmed
- Son of Quwayi
- Son of Yahya
- Son of Eise
- Son of Mahamed
- Son of Taqi alHadrama
- Son of Abdullah
- Son of Hadi
- Son of Mahamed
- Son of Ali
- Son of Muse
- Son of Jafar
- Son of Mahamed
- Son of Ali
- Son of Imam Hasan
- Son of Imam Ali
- Son of Omran "Abu Talib"
- Son of Shaybah "Abd AlMutalib"
- Son of Amru AlOla "Hashim"
- Son of Abd Manaf
- Son of Qusai "Zaid"
- Son of Kilab
- Son of Murah
- Son of Kaab
- Son of Loway
- Son of Ghalib
- Son of Fahr
- Son of Malik
- Son of AlNadr "Quraish"
- Son of Kinanah
- Son of Khuzaimah
- Son of Mudrekah
- Son of Ilyas
- Son of Mudar
- Son of Nezar
- Son of Maad
- Son of Adnan
Yusuf "AlKawnayn" Ahmed Mahamed
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By Somali Oral Tradition (Zaylici),
Yusuf Al Kownayn was a Wardiiq man and not an Arab man. He was not related to Shiekh Isaaq. He (Yusuf) was born in Zaylac and studied in Iraq, he came back to Awdal (Zaylac) to spread the deen to Somalis
-Wardiiq people
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This Sheikh has always been known as a native Somali, who spread the Zayla'i school of thought to Asia and India, he was a native Dir man,
Shiekh Abi-Bakr Al Alawi, a Harari historian, states in his book that Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn was of native and local Dir (clan) extraction.
Source: Quath, Faati (1957). Islam Walbaasha Cabra Taarikh [Islam and Abyssinia throughout history] (in Arabic). Cairo , Egypt.