Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Yibir (also spelled Yibbir) also known as the Yahhar are a small clan of Somalia subsisting as itinerant soothsayers and magicians. They are said to predate the coming of Islam to the area and to be descendants of Mohammad Hanif of Hargeysa who had a reputation as a pagan magician.The Yibir continue to be a small minority clan greatly dependent on the host community and have a language (a dialect of Somali) they keep secret from the ruling Somali clans.