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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Ciise Muuse<br>عيسى موسى
| flag = [[File:Flag_of_Somaliland.svg|60px]] [[File:Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg|60px]][[File:Flag_of_Djibouti.svg|45px]]
|region1 = {{flagcountry|Somaliland}}
|region1 = {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}}
|region4 = {{flagcountry|Djibouti}}
|langs = [[Somali language|Somali]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] 
|rels = [[Islam]] <sup>([[Sunni Islam|Sunni]])</sup>
|related-c=[[Somalis]], [[Isaaq]], [[Sacad Muuse]],  [[Ayub]], [[Arab]], [[Garhajis]],and other [[habar Jeclo]] groups. <!-- CONFIRMED RELATIONS!!! -->
}}
The '''Issa Mussa'''    ( Somali:  Ciise Muuse ) ({{lang-ar|عيسى موسى}})  also '''also spelled '''Ciisaa Muusaa''',<ref name="cruttenden_72" />) is a [[Somali clan]]
and  one of the largest sub-clans of [[Isaaq]] also Its members form a part of the  (Zubair Awal) Habar Magaadle  confederation. 
The Isse Musse is a vast traditional territory spanning 3 major regions of Somaliland, Waqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, and Sahil.the Issa Musse are settled in what is literally considered to be 'the Horn of Africa'. Also The Issa Mussa clan primarily inhabits the northern territories of [[Somaliland]] They reside in northern of  [[Sanaag]], The Isse Musse traditionally consists of farmers, nomadic pastoralists, merchants and coastal people. 

North of Hargeisa, Berbera, North of Burao, Sheikh, Bulahar, and Madhera are all predominantly inhabited by the Issa Mussa sub-clan of the Isaaq. Also Hawd Area and Oodweyne.



==Great Somali Republic==
The Issa Mussa played an important role in the pre-independence era of Somalia and Somaliland. The Isse Musse have produced Somali First Prime Minister and well-known ass Isse Musse for SNL Party 1960,  Second President Of Somaliland 1993-2002 UDUB Party, and also Isse Musse have produced Vice-president of Somaliland from 2002-2010 UDUB Party, Also Several ministers in Somalia and Somaliland in the late and early,

==History==
Issa Mussa  Abdirahman Awal from Sheikh Isaaq.
Sheikh Isaaq Bin Ahmed was one of the Arabian scholars that crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa to spread Islam around 12th to 13th century. He is said to have been descended from Prophet Mohammed's daughter [[Fatimah]]. Hence the Sheikh belonged to the [[Ashraf]] or [[Sayyid|Sada]], titles given to the descendants of the prophet. He married two local women in Somalia that left him eight sons, one of them Isse Musse Abdirahman (Awal). The descendants of those eight sons are the what is known as Isaaq clan today.

[[Somaliland]][[Somalia]]