 They left the Lafaruug area of Woqooyi Galbeed region where their founder was killed during the clashes with the Ethiopians and they were defeated.That last defeat forced the Biimal to flee to the Lower Shabeele region while the Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys) fled to Central and southern Somalia.The majority of western scholars (both Italian and British) simply referred to the Surre as the "Dir of central Somalia" without differentiating them, but recent studies in Somalia revealed that the majority of the Dir in Bari, Nugaal, and Gedo are divided into two branches, the Qubeys and Abdalle, both descendants of Surre.