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- ↑ "Socio-Economic Profile of Liban Zone". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ↑ Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics , January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p. 55 Figure A-1
- ↑ Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , p. 43