Dervish state

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The Dhulbahante anti-colonial state established by the xarunta (haroun) that existed between 1895 and 1920 geographically corresponding with modern-day Khaatumo; the successor state to the treatyless Dhulbahante garadship founded in Dareema Caddo.

Origin

  • From Somali Darawiish.

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