Dervish War

Military confrontations between colonial powers and the Dervishes, 1900-1920

The Dervish War, was a conflict in the Horn of Africa, between the Dervish, a movement led by Sayid Muhammed Abdullah Hassan, which continued independently for 21 years between 1899 and 1920, and the imperial powers of Abyssinia, Britain and Italy. The opening battle of the rebellion saw the Dervish attack the Ethiopian garrison at Jigjiga in March 1900 and take control of parts of the eastern Ogaden region. The Dervish then declared war on the British colonial administration in Somaliland.

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