Darawiish
A mostly Dhulbahante sultanate based in the Khatumo region which opposed imperialism that existed from the years 1896 until 1921
Darawiish was a Dhulbahante anti-colonial kingdom of Diiriye Guure geographically congruous with Khatumo from 1895 until 1921 that was led by the monarch Diiriye Guure. Darawiish were territorially situated in the Nugaal and Ciid regions. Reer Darawiish is also a nickname of the Siciid Harti tribe.
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- One threat was emanating from the neighboring Suldaan Cali Yuusuf of Hoobya, and the other from the Darawiish headquarter in Beletweyne
- Abdurahman Baadiyow, THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN SOMALIA, page 59
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- Meeting in various places, attacking at unpredictable times, the darawiish sustained their resistance in the Benaadir until 1910.
- Lee V. Cassanelli, The Shaping of Somali Society, 1982, p. 245
- ... rhetorical idioms that entirely aligned with the story and the plot he wishes to convey to his followers (Dervish or Darawiish)
- Ali Sheikh, Sayyid Mohammed: And the Role of Poetic Stanzas in his Dervish Struggle, geeskaafrika, 2016,