Boon mareexaan bed side stories. 99% of Dhulbahante were in the British camp and few Dhulbahante ever were killed in any war.grandpakhalif wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:21 am Sharmaake is right, I believe the Dervish wars were absolutely crucial in expelling British influence in the North. Remember it was the Dhulbahante clan who bore the brunt of this struggle and sacrificed thousands of men to achieve victory. Pre dervish wars dhullo population streched from the outskirts of Burco all the way too the edge of Nugaal valley, down until the periphery of Hawd including Wardheer.
They were certainly the most powerful clan in Northern Somalia at the time and struck so much fear into the hearts of idoor that X Playa's subclan use to hide in the mountains to avoid relentless camel raids by the great Garaads of that time. This was the era in which Fiqishini a subclan of the HG were essentially given safe haven in the north
Unfortunately with resistance to the empire comes huge casualties and the treacherous tribes took advantage by populating once vibrant communities. This trend has been aided and abetted by the new one clan failed ictiraafdoon clan enclave but shall be defeated inshalla by a reemerging strong govt
I can start from Afbakayle in 1901 to Jidbaale 1994 few Dhulbahante suffered casualties. In Afbakayle majority of dead dervish were real dervish not Dhulbahante tribesmen. Fardhidin majority dervish death were Majeerteen , Beerdhiga mix of clans and dervish. Daraatoole and Gumburo majority non dhulos in fact in Gumburo majority dervish were Reer Makane ( jareer weyn). Most dhulos causality was in Jidbaale where the battle lasted 10 minutes and dervish fled leaving their Dhulbahante allies to the Gedabursi Tribal Horses that massacred the fleeing dhulis tribes.
And that was it from 1904 till 1920 there was no battles just camel rustling. After 1904 all Dhulbahante sub clans that were with the dervish changed shirt and joined the British camp.