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The Madhiban have been one of the low status castes among the [[Somalis]], along with [[Tumal]] and others.<ref name="Levine2014p62"/><ref name="Dörschner2011p398">{{cite book|author1=Andreas Zimmermann|author2=Jonas Dörschner|author3=Felix Machts|title=The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and Its 1967 Protocol: A Commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAegkL7nHioC&pg=PA398|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-954251-2|page=398}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kirk |first1=J. W. C. |title=The Yibirs and Midgàns of Somaliland, Their Traditions and Dialects |journal=Journal of the Royal African Society |date=1904 |volume=4 |issue=13 |pages=91–108 |jstor=714933 }}</ref>
==Etymology==
==Distribution and names==▼
The name "Madhibaan" is believed to come from the forefather of the Madhibaan people, Sheikh Madhie, who was known for his peaceful nature and for not troubling anyone. In Af Somali, "Madhibaan" means "the one who doesn't bother."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Y. Mire |first1=Hawa |title=Qof Madhibaan : those who do not bother others |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.31920/2056-5682/2020/7n1a2 |website=Journal of Somali Studies |pages=35–52 |doi=10.31920/2056-5682/2020/7n1a2 |date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
The name Midgaan is the primary term used to refer to the Madhibaan people in historical literature. There are different theories about what "Midgaan" means. Richard Burton documented the name as meaning "One (Mid) Hand (gaan)."<ref>{{cite web |title=First footsteps in East Africa, or, An exploration of Harar |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/08037699/ |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> However, it seems more likely that the second part of the term refers to the word gane, plural ganeyyaal, meaning "archer" (cf. also ganayya, "to shoot an arrow").<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grangier |first1=Librairie |title=LES YIBRO MAGES SOMALI, Les juifs oubliés de la corne de l'Afrique - Christian Bader - Éditions L'Harmattan |url=https://www.librairie-grangier.com/ebook/9782296405998/les-yibro-mages-somali-les-juifs-oublies-de-la-corne-de-l-afrique-christian-bader-editions-l-harmattan |language=fr}}</ref>
[[File:Tarakh Ahmed.jpg|thumb|right|Tarakh Ahmed a 40 year old Madhiban man]]
The Madhiban are a part of the Somali ethnic group found in [[East Africa]], particularly in Somalia, Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya, and Djibouti.<ref name=madhibanca/><ref name="Lewis1999v">{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=I. M.|title=A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa|date=1999|publisher=James Currey Publishers|isbn=0852552807|pages=7–8, 13–14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eK6SBJIckIsC&pg=PA14|accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref>
According to a 1960 count, they numbered around 20,000 out of 640,000 Somalis in parts of Somalia that were within the then British Protectorate. Their numbers in other parts of Somalia and other Somali regions were unknown.<ref name="Lewis99">{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=I.M.|title=A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa|date=1999|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=3825830845| pages=7, 14 with footnotes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoMBQCr4LysC|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> An article published by the UN's Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) indicates that the Daami district of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, is home to 8,000 Gabooye families, comprising approximately 48,000 people (UN 2 July 2010).<ref name="Refworld"/>
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