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Also known as Dawlāt ad-Darāwīsh, Darwiish State, Dervish kingdom of Diiriye Guure, Dervish Kingdom, Darawiish kingdom, Darawiish kingdom of Diiriye Guure, Daraawiish kingdom of Diiriye Guure, Dervish sultanate

pro-monarchist sultanate of Diiriye Guure based in Taleh, Sool, Khatumo region that existed from the years 1896 until 1920

Key facts

Capital
Ilig (1905–1909), Taleh (1913–1920)
Common languages
Somali
Religion
Islam
Demonym
Somali
Government
Theocratic khusuusi
1899 1920
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
First world war support from the ottoman
1914-1918
Disestablished
9 February 1920

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Wikidata facts

Named after
dervish
Official name
Dhulbahante sultanate and chieftainship of non-signatory Darawiish
Demonym
non-signatory Darawiish
Country
Somalia
Continent
Africa
Capital
Eyl
Head of state
Deria Gure
Form of government
sultanate
Shares border with
British Somaliland
Image
Diiriye Guure - Darawiish & Dhulbahante sultan.jpg
Political ideology
self-determination
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member of
Nugaal
native label
Garaadada iyo suldanadii Dhulbahante ee saxiix-diidayaasha Darawiish
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Maakhir
diplomatic relation
German Empire
category of associated people
Category:Khatumo
inception
1895-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1920-00-00
Commons category
Daraawiish
official religion
religious syncretism
language used
Somali
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part of Ethiopia Somalia

The Dervish Movement (Somali: Dhaqdhaqaaqa Daraawiish) also known as the Dervish State was an armed resistance movement and polity in the Horn of Africa between 1899 and 1920, which was led by the Salihiyya Sufi Muslim poet and militant leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, also known as Sayyid Mohamed, who called for independence from the British and Italian colonisers and for the defeat of Ethiopian forces. The Dervish movement aimed to remove the British and Italian influence from the region and restore an "Islamic system of governance with a Sufi doctrine as its foundation", according to Mohamed-Rahis Hasan and Salada Robleh.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Darawiish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.