Isaaq is tricky niggas.They are very opportunistic. Some Isaaq are Dir and some of their elders seem to know their Dir roots but most claim Banu Axmed. A Richard Burton and I.M.Lewis even explained and DNA has debunked.@Rooble am sure isaaq is included in irir samaale? or do they come under dir in this set up?
Back in the days they used to beg Ciise and say we are both Banu Axmed to form a alliance, so Gadabursi had to counter it and formed a alliance with Canfarta and said they were sons of Cali. This is the dynamics of clan. Tol waa tolane, nothing more.