How Somalia Fought Britain For 20 Years - Anglo-Somali War (Dervish Movement Documentary)
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The Somali Dervish movement was a thorn in the British colonial side for 20 years starting at the beginning of the 20th century. The leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan was able to resist military expeditions and establish his own proto-state in the region.
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As the African saying goes:
"Until lions begin to tell their own stories, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."
Damn i love that
True but I'm waiting some idiot to get technical and say " who said that?" And want some kind of evidence.
CHINUA ACHEBE
@@anti-matter5874 Chinua Achebe said that on an interview and I guess he might have used it in one of his novels
@@anti-matter5874 That would be me😂
Funny how the colonialists named all those who stood up to them as mad, tyrant, criminal, cruel, crazy, etc. The Sayyid was anything but mad. To us, he was and will always be a hero. He was the father of Somali Nationalism. We have a statue in the capital to honour him and his role in our history. Thanks for capturing this important piece of history without bias. Just a small piece of correction; please don't say he failed his mission because he clearly did not. We won and we accomplished much as a result.
Completely agree
Sahra iminkey all history geenii youtib kujiraan
True historey 2021 and 22 bey soo dhigayaan
Sad what they did to your country ye fought well RIP all soldiers fighting evil empires
"without bias"? Did you listen to him how he stressed on Islam about the Sayyid liberation struggle? This guy used his ancestors' view on Somalis.
When has a country not demonized there enemy. Killing a demon is alot easier on the conscience then killing a person
We somalis are never going to surrender to imperialism and we will keep fighting till the end of times. We have faught UK, USA, Italy, France, Portugal, Russia with South Yemen, cuba, Ethiopia. We somalis we live with pride or die there is no in between.
Much respect
@@Gnosis639 Thank you brother ❤️
Artist Light 😘😍💪🏻✊🏻💪🏻🇸🇴🥰🥰🇸🇴
@@somaliano99kingkonghimself75 I'm isaaq Lakin I believe in somalwyen.
@Hamid Hussein alhamdulillah wll❤️
Power to my Somali brothers and sisters. Such lovely people. As a pakistani i love everything about somali culture. Specially the food. Salam and duas
We love you too bro❤
@@shukriamohamoud1565 ❤
Big up the punjab
My four siblings studied in universities based in Karachi in the 1980s. We lived in Muqdisho then.
@@waryaawariiri1812 Me and my Somali family from Sweden went to vacation in Pakistan 🤣 becuase we wanted to meet my aunty and her family that we never met before from Canada and we lived with them in Islamabad from 2001 to 2005 , their education is amazing i learnt english and many other subjects there for the first year att the house of my tutor she had a class rum in her house which was kind of cool, then the second year me and my brother's went to a Quran school and studied the Quran and islam (alhamdulilha) after a year we went to a private school literally called (Art and Science) where alot of rich kids went to school we had many curses from english to seince but the thing that i thought was amazing was we even had curses on history of islam and other religion's, for almost a whole year we had studied the story of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) about his origins and mission from war tactics to governmental and religion... i got say Pakistan is a great country with amazing and kind people that i had gotten close to from my Pakistani family that lived with us in our home and took care of us to my taxi driver that always drove us everywhere we wanted either to school or downtown and my home room teacher att school that always took care of me as her own family 😊❤ i really miss them i have to go back there some day inshallah and hopefully get in contact with all of them.
An important note: The Somali Dervishes were the first in African history to be airbombed, DUE to fierce resistance & waging the longest anti-colonial war in African history.
Damn that's fucked up fam
The reason Britain used RAF, is that the Mullah had several fortified forts, which is hard for the regularies to head on.
@@Amen.ahmed1
The dervishes waged more of a guerilla styled warfare against the British in several cities across Northern Somalia (then British Somaliland) in over two decades. This included coastal cities such as Berbera.
And yes there were fortified cities such as Talex (capital of the Dervish State) and other mountainous regions of Sanaag province, but that doesn't rule out the fact that the Dervishes were ”eventually defeated” after the airbombardment, which again marks the first time airstrike is used against Africans in history. Add to that that the Dervishes launched the longest anti colonial resistance war in African history. These factors cant be coincidence.
@@mabl186 thanks bro
Dervish were no match to the British government
When the colonists call a person from the colony mad you know that that person is great.
somalia is muujiya like ta dhac ku sii
Somalia the African lion 💪💪💪💪💪✌️✌️✊✊✊✊✍️✍️✍️✍️❤️❤️❤️❤️
War in
Seriously? The worst failure of a state on the planet is compared to a Lion? I suppose that Lion is severely mentally disabled.
@@FernandoHernandez-jw4yy I'm guessing you're portuguese, still mad about de gama's son? We tortured him and had his head on top of a tree for months. Mad ajuuran's defeated you, and kicked you out of Swahili coasts with the ottomans? Cry me a river.
Maxishoode weyn baa tahay hana ceebeyn
Tuugii qabiilka u dagaalamayay diintana ku dhuumanayay ayaad ka dhigaysaa wax wacnaaa
As a Syrian we love Somali people and always welcome them in Syria
It our second home
تسلم يا حبيبي ❤️
As a somalian I am proud of the History of my ancestors,their bravery to fought colonial, injustice and oppression and up to now this fight still going and will still going until the whole somalian will reunited in family as we used to be.
I love Syria hard working people and grateful
Colonization failed in somalia because of the sayid because the main objective of colonizers were to convert Somalis into catholic but Somalis still remain muslim
Bruh you didn`t even talk about the British Defeats in this war.
and the death of the commander of the British army called Richard Corfield (Koofil in Somali).
that guy is famous in SOMALIA btw.
Dr Garad We Proud You
@@mahercade2618 Thanks G.
Usheeg rageedi!
@@skyshooter4009 burco sidaynu ugu galnay lol
Naturally, western only ttells his victory not defeats !!!
You’re telling us one side of the Story. Sayid fought many battles against British, Italian, and also Ethiopians under Menelik. He lost Battles I can’t deny that. An alliance was formed by the British and Italia and again they were unable to defeat The dervish army on the ground and that’s one reason they had to use AirPower. Dervish army was the Strongest army in Eastern Africa .
absolutely spot on, people don't realize that this war had two other aggressors.
The italians and ethiopians were instrumental to the war and if they didn't attack the various sultanates could have easily sent thousands of soldiers to repel the british.
the somali sultanates of the south could have helped by sending elite mamluke infantry and somali riflemen as well as cannons.
without the italians and ethiopians, britain would have been almost certainly unable to take somalia alone.
They oppressor always lose
The oppressors is evil
No only east africa but all africa and midle east also
My man, he let me down tho only 1side awal qaal buu ahaa 😂
British mixed race Pakistani here. Respect to those men and women who stood up for their dignity and deen.
As someone interesting in this period, even I have to admit this war in new to me. Thanks for making this video!
Look at the big ego here from "someone interesting in this period". Are you expecting Jesse to do a big weekly special about you?
;-)
(only kidding I know it was a typo)
‘Encyclopedia of warfare’ it is a very large reference of literally everything
What the narrator fails to mention is the Darwish State defeated 3 European empires at their peak in history the British French and Italian in the span of 20 years . They made treaties with him offered a state
The Kingdom of Ajuran that governs the countries of East Africa from the coast of Eritrea to the Mozambique, dating from 1200 to 1720 This kingdom took place a major attack by Portugal, Spain, France and some members of the Tigray and Amher tribe. These wars lasted 100 years and defeated the kingdom, and today they are present in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, and Mozambique, and each of these countries are present among the individuals of the kingdom and they call it (Tutsi or the Sultanate of Ajuran). The peoples of Africa, especially the peoples of East Africa, do not forget your golden history
@@theancientsancients1769 Thought Mad Mo fled to current day Ethiopia
I’m a direct descendant from the Dervishes and Im glad of the impact we had for all freedom fighters and Africa as whole. My uncle use to tell me stories of he’s uncle being the second in command in the Dervish army and the stand they put up in Eyl, Nugal. I visited it in 2016 and it crazy how Preserved it is.
Somalinimo till we dihmoo
Alhamdulilah same as me My Great grandfather was a dervish and he was part of the Sayids army
I’m Dhulbahante, Cali Geri الحمد لله
Hello, I am writing a novel on this because I think the impact of this man is greatly underrated. Perhaps, you could educate me on some of the inside stories? I’d really appreciate this.
Nationalism is haram broksi
Not only dhulbahantes are dervish I don’t know why y’all took that name and ran with it. Few isaaqs few ogadens etcs
@@hussletv8155 Dhulbahante were the vast majority that’s why!
Also the most persistent supporters of the Sayid and the first to join his ranks were Cali geri a sub clan of Dhulbahante!
This is why Dhulbahante is also called Reer Darwiish because they are!
Other clans were a small minority unlike dhulbahante!
Why you lying😂 Ogaden and Isaaq have nothing to do with Daraawiish even they know it! Few individuals here and there doesn’t make you darwiish sxb
He was the first African rebellion leader who British colonial attacked war planes. He defeated British army in many times and occasions, He killed British army commander in Somalia. My Allah grant him Jannah. He was a freedom fighter, Hero and great leader among Somali people.
very intersting
Sayid Mohamed Abduleh Hassan warned the invaders in his poet,then him and his Darawish warriors stood up for Somalis their homeland and fought the coward invaders.
He killed a lot of innocent people including women and children.
Somaliland is not somalia brother,, for get about
@@ismaciilcabdillahiyuusuf2650 *He was not isaaq, so technically you cannot claim him. Somalis are tribes and clans, so go get for yourself a history to be proud of, or let it go as Somali history*
Why did you left out the killing of Colonel Corfield...And the Sayid's poem after his death is funny!
Wuu cabsaday waa gabay aad u awood badan seefti sayyidka madaxa ka martay
@@aliabdullahi4165 🤣😂😂😂
Because They can't help them self always lying 🤥
but colonel richard corfielf dies 1913 u can research
the kill ratio in that battle was 450 to 21. Hardly a victory
Sayyed Hassan was a prominent hero in the Somali history. He was so brave to fight the colonialists foe 20 years . He was the main cause for the colonialists to withdraw from Somali territory. For sure He will remain as an important leader for Somali people to follow .
Do Americans a favor and take all you Africans back it’ll and you could go all of you and kill all of yourselves a pox on the white people take you and your stupid religion home with you
qabiileyste quruna oo Suufi alshabaabu ahaa oo xoolihii umada dhacay... gaar ahaan Isaaq iyo Majeerteen oo ishortaagay sharanshuurka sooharayna askar iyo kabaqaadayaal buu kadhigtay
@@timaweyyne🤡🤡🤡🤡 bla bla bla
He is and will always will be
he was a mad man
Before the Dervish, we had the Ajuran Empire in the South who succesfully repelled the Portugese. Also u had the Adal Sultanat in the north.
Than is new to me
Ajuran kingdom.
Ahura empire & Kingdom.
Great Kingdom of kush.
Masai. Rendile. Tutsi, banyakole, etc were dispersed frm this course.
Mxy qbty taasi marka ajuraan teda kle wx marka laga hdlyo wxkle mxd ulaso boodm
Adal was Isaaq. Not somalia.
I remember my sophomore year our history teacher asking us to choose a favorite history topic. I have chose ( the Sayid/the mad mullah) and my teacher never heard of it I tried to explain to her but she was Little doubt about the topic ( and told me “you may not have enough supporting details”) but after I have done the research and returned the paper the next day she returned all our paperwork’s and she thanked me and she told “I have no idea that event has happened with all my years of schooling.”
Thanks!!
Interesting story, thanks for sharing!
Will you kindly share it
Hello, I am writing a novel on this because I think the impact of this man is greatly underrated. Perhaps, you could educate me on some of the inside stories? I’d really, really appreciate this.
@@Jagobanki lmao what. Youre depending on TH-cam comments to write a book? 🤣
@@Puddlef1sh He wanted “inside stories” use keywords.. he probably wants someone he can reach out to who is experienced and familiar with the area and has familial stories etc. Nothing wrong with that.
I never heard about this conflict, thank you so much for sharing it!
every country had a painfully history behind ware are somalis still a live
As a Somali can I you ask you a favor can you make a video about Somalia's role in African decolanization and Aprethied ending in
Brundi,Mozambique,South Africa,Namibia,Angola,Tanzania,Uganda, and many more
@magicblanket
The Anglo-Somali war was before USA was a superpower and Russia wasn't USSR in 1921
@magicblanket
If this chanel timeline is the cold war the timeline of the angolo-Somali war was way before the cold war while apartheid and decolanization were during the cold war period and both USSR and USA took huge part of ending apartheid bruh learn history
The Kingdom of Ajuran that governs the countries of East Africa from the coast of Eritrea to the Mozambique, dating from 1200 to 1720 This kingdom took place a major attack by Portugal, Spain, France and some members of the Tigray and Amher tribe. These wars lasted 100 years and defeated the kingdom, and today they are present in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, and Mozambique, and each of these countries are present among the individuals of the kingdom and they call it (Tutsi or the Sultanate of Ajuran). The peoples of Africa, especially the peoples of East Africa, do not forget your golden history
@@Yusufxasann
Ajuran never reached Eritrea Ifat and Adal another Somali empire ruled over Eastren somalia then conquered Ethopia Eriteria and modern day parts of Sudan
@@ismaaciilahmed7665 As a Briton (well, actually anglo-celt and dutch in heritage), this whole area of history is fascinating by being so ignored by western (ie: mostly American) history resources for the non-academic. Got any recommended English-language reading?
Somalia hanoolaato 💯🇸🇴💯🤛
امين يارب
Aamiin
Always hanoolaato
This is his last words in a poem form as it’s translation is in minute 27: 10.
1: Haddaan waayay calan lay nashiro tan iyo nayroobi.
2: Miyaan waayay nuurkii alliyo nabiga jaahiisa.
It is very important for you as researcher to study the poems of witnesses at that time whom some of them are mad Mulla's men and others are his opponents who all of them agreed that he was a hypocritic dictator of saved no lives nor values.
And this was when he saw flaying Airplane:
Coomaade duulaya ayay
Cadan ka keeneene
Adiguba caqlaad leedahaye
Carar maxaa dhaama kkkk.
@@abdoa7191 you’re a hypocrite in disguise smh
Our Somalian brothers were always brave and stood up against Imperials. I as a Turk salute you.
Salute you brother
* CRINGES* (IN OTTOMAN)
We choose anarchy or failed state than be captured mentally or physically as slaves.. We Somalis are Superior✍👏🤌💫
@Martin Casinillo shush martin
Don't act so arrogant. It's embarrassing. We are not any better or worse than other people. The word ' superior' is a divisive and destructive.
@@spacewater5866
Your emotional intelligence is remarkable.
@@LK-ho1dg Wow! This is quite a response, bursting with proper logic and is well articulated. I appreciate you took the time to post this. It is informative and seeks to expunge mediocrity. I was tired really when I had typed my initial retort,my bad, would edit it.
Thank you
@@LK-ho1dg to non-somalis
Not only was Sayid Mohamed Hassan a leader and a freedom fighter, he was also an orator and a great poet, part of his war was war of words with his enemies, he left a lot of poems and he named some of towns in
Somalia and some of the Somali words, he created.
Interesting information about this movement
Thank you for your efforts
How does someone “accidentally” end up in Somalia?
Right? I'd love to hear more of that story.
Shipwreck? But sometimes people just get lost. The Republic of Texas sent like 100 soldiers to capture Santa Fe which was then in Mexico, and those guys ended up in Kansas so they went pretty much purely north instead of west with a little north.
@@donkeysaurusrex7881 Ha, that must have been a surprise for all involved.
Having seen more of the video perhaps he was an escaped German POW who had been held in Kenya? If one were trying to make one’s way back to Germany you’d go in that general direction. There’s some precedence for this as the German mission to Afghanistan found around 1000 Austrians who had escaped from Russian POW camps living in Kabul waiting for the war to end.
He was a German in the service of Emperor Li Iyasu from neighboring Abyssinia, who was an ally of the Dervish State. The plan was for Emil Kirsch to aid the Dervishes with their weaponry. Unfortunately for Emil the Dervishes expected him to repair Maxim guns with no spare parts, and had him flogged in frustration when he couldn't deliver. He eventually escaped with the help of a sympathetic Dervish.
The invasion and partition of Somali territory by France, Italy and Britain which ignited this war still haunts Somalia to this day.
No the former Z00mali Republic was destroyed by Siad Barre so there is no Europeans to blame this time.
@@abdulfatahjamar7314 no it still haunts all
Of the Somali territories, because we are all still split by the colonial lines not on borders we justly decided for our selves
@@abdulfatahjamar7314 You're everywhere with your childish qabilist motivated comments. I feel so sorry for you.
@@lail111 he is basaas, imika somali badan ayaa basaasnimo ku shaqaysa ee la soco, qoraalka daba gal ayay ku sameeyaan
@@averyj5446 That makes sense aad ba u mahadsantahay wllo.
you started great but what i can see is you are giving your analysis based on European history
not based in Somali history
Exactly
Adal Sultanate defeated Portugal and Ethiopia . Portugal price and alot of Ethiopian general's dead by the hand of Ahmed guray
@ProudBoy USA where are you from?
@ProudBoy USA ....because you were colonists who massacred our people, stole our land and resources, and oppressed our faiths. We don’t need your “development”, we can do that ourselves if you just let us breath. But no, you people feel you have the “white mans burden of civilizing the races”. We will fight you, until we die or win, by the will of Allah☝️
@ProudBoy USA and shut up, your history is in your country. You are not Somali so don’t lecture us Muslims about revolt
He actually didn’t fail, but succeeded his mission to show us the light of freedom. After him Somali helped so many African countries to gain freedom. Hopefully Somalis of to day will fully understand the sacrifice of our dervish freedom fighters. Somalis will some day going to be super power.
@Hamid Hussein you are right brother
He was a mad guy...
Muslimnimo nimaan kugu dhaqayn muumin nimo khaas ah
Gaal maxasta kuu dhowra ood magan sataa dhaama.
Somilia a superpower? Mmmm, more of the same kind of power trip that ruled England for so long. Lots of victims, refugees, and death would be side effects of becoming such a power. Do you want that? Or perhaps learn a few lessons for a different kind of relations among states?
@@KootFloris We don't care for the world...I mean their have been many empires that had jurisdiction over a certain region without interfering with other nations affairs... Somalia thus may have mutual relationships with different nations that are beneficial to all involved...our main concern is for our people and their general wellbeing...free and truly sovereign...when we achieve that and we surely will... that in itself I consider a superpower.
All we want is peace and our resources managed and for the benefit of our people. Those invasions disguised to stem out terrorism which is funded by the same powers doesn't help our course and is an absolute calculated hindrance.
Peace 🤴
@@thewhisperer3234 That sounds much better and makes sense. ;) Peace.
Awesome, thank you very much for your historical presentation!
Your videos on the wars and conflicts in the aftermath of 1918 are so fascinating. I studied history at university (specialising in Weimar Germany) so know this period pretty well but these videos always teach me something completely new, thank you!
But it's still biased.
He said Somali raided Ethiopia..he also had modern map of somalia not greater somalia and did not include letter sent menilik of Ethiopia to European colonial who made up this map.which he requested as a Christian king given that Somali land . He never mention where said Mohamed abdulle was born which is Ogaden region and he was Ogaden tribe.
I find this history extremely interesting Especially regarding the rights of the people of Somalia. Study Of world history exposes Countries like England to be aggressive to independent peoples. There are parallels of history of Somalia, and my nation The Kingdom of Hawaii. We were taken by American political adversaries in 1893 illegally. We want our country back but now only are 20 percent of the population. I enjoyed meeting the few Somali that I ve met, and respect their culture,and love studying about their beautiful land and ocean.
We stand with free Hawaii brother
I had the luck to visit some of the places where the fiercest fighting took place in Northern Somalia, Midisho, Taleh, Badhan, Lasqoray, Jidali and Dulmadoba were the British Colonel Richard Corfield was killed on the 9th of August 1913, The war is one of the forgotten wars in western History but still well alive in Somali memories, thanks for this video,
Cornfield was killed in Kiridh
Richard Corfield was sent by the British to save Dulbahante tribe from Habar Jeclo , dervish, habar younse and he had 350 dulhabhnate army. This means that your people are ungrateful because Corfield was sent to help your tribe but at same time your people celebrate his death.
@@abdulfatahjamar7314 hey I’ve seen your comments about mullah on the other comments, and I would like to know why you seem to be opposed to the dervish and mullah movement. I don’t know much about this topic. I was just curious as to why you don’t see him the way others in the comments see him as
@@abdulfatahjamar7314
Cirfield was Sent by the British to save Dhulbahante tribe From Habar Jeclo kkkkkkk the funniest joke i heard in a long time Sxb
Soomaalida Kommentiska qoraya ee qabyaalada joojiya.Daraawiish iyo waxay ahaayeenba waa taariikh laga soo gudbay
Much of what he said is true. But as a typical westerners will always foretell only their victory not their defeat. Biased, one sided. How could tell about this war without ever mentioning the killing of the highest British commander(the leader of the mission). Somalis are very adaptive and dynamic people.
Of course England fought the Somalis who haven't they fought
Many nations actually
@@jordantomes2658 Ight, they haven't fought the Ming Dynasty once, haven't fought Bolivia, haven't fought Muscovy, Wallachia, Moldavia, San Marino, the Greek Junta, Zaire, Rwanda, Sultanate of Morocco, the Khantate of Khiva, Kazakh Khanate, Kingdom of Bohemia, literally any city state in Japan before its unification and that alone gives it like 20 nations it hasn't fought. I can list more but I don't have time rn
I mean you are going to fight a lot of countries if you have the single largest colonial empire in history.
@@PeruvianPotato But they've fought many of those nations under different names...
@@sdsd2e2321 You can't say per example that that the Ming is the same as the Qing or say that the New Kingdom of Egypt is the same as its when its not like that at all.
The Somali Sultanate always objected foreigners.The Arjuan empire and there successors hated western colonizers.
In 1890s the British were trying to consolidate their coastal gains in East Africa so they established a base in Kismanyoo(Kis Manyo meaning half sea). So they set a head base without consulting with the Somalis in Salagle, Jubba river valley. The Somalis planned and raided the British garrison in the wee hours of the night! Why because the British had guns and the Somali warriors wanted close combat. The Somali ransacked and decimated the whole British army and the garrison, took posession of the Maxim guns and in the morning the place was like a harvested cornfield ..... The writing was on the wall.
The British were a super army 200 British dead[1]
4,000 dead[1]
100,000-150,000 Somali civilians killed[1]
The Somaliland campaign, also called the Anglo-Somali War or the Dervish War, was a series of military expeditions that took place between 1900 and 1920 in modern-day Somalia. The British were assisted in their offensives by the Ethiopians and Italians. During the First World War (1914-1918), the Dervish leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan received support for a time, from the Emperor Iyasu V of Ethiopia, he was also sent a letter of support by the Ottomans though it was intercepted by Italian agents in Aden and may never have reached him.[2] The conflict ended when the British aerially bombed the Dervish capital of Taleh in February 1920.
The resistance was so great tge British decided to get rid of the entire region and gave it to Italy in 1933 to make them shut up about not getting land from ww1.
@@johnmcdonald9295
WRONG BRITISH LOSS 70000 SOLDIERS THEY ALSO 17 HIGH RANG BRITISH LOSS MANY BATTLE IN SOMALI SAME TIME DARVISH KILL AS MANY 600 ONE DAY BRITISH THEY LAIR BIG TIME
USA LOST VITNEIM 60000
NOT 400O THAT FAR FROM TRUTH
@johnmcdonald9295 and the Brits had to work with the Italians to stop the Dervishes. Couldn't stop them alone.
He didn't failed because we heard his message of fighting for our rights and freedom and till to this day we are enjoying the freedom that his struggle made it possible. He was fighting for us and we are greatefull and will honor him for eve, our beloved Sayid lives within our hearts and never died.
Wonder how the camels would feel about that
This was so fascinating. So interesting to learn about an under time and place. All the more insightful feeling the echoes of events like this in our modern world a hundred years later.
Bravo guys!! Didn’t know this. Thank you x1000.
The poetry is fascinating. As s European, one wouldn't think of narrating battles in this genre (at least now during this period). It has a very powerful and moving effect.
Europeans used to do it in antiquity (The Odyssey, The Iliad, Beowulf, etc).
Indeed it was, he fought the invaders with tongue and man power. British gave parts of Somalia lands to Kenya and Ethiopia in Berlin conference. The suffering continues to this day and France still occupies Djibouti
Who else is sickened by the fact that some somalis fought for the British?
True.
What shocks me most is, why and how did we manage to get colonized, like I’m sickened by that, if people don’t look like me and don’t share my religion and aren’t my ethnic group, why would I let them in my country. I think the biggest problem was not having a unified country and a centralized head of state, because we were so fragile and still are fragile as a people, we keep seeing issues like that. I just wish people would wake up for once and learn a lesson from history and two first unite on Islam and secondly unite on somalinimo and nothing else
Most of the Somalis were with the colonizers
@@amirahhmukhtarxx7129 well it's happening again but the Chinese now. Not a physical colonisation but a economic one
@@sshh356 I can see it, it’s the fact that they think the Chinese are helping them as well !!! Why can’t people develop common sense, NO one helps people for free, so why do these Somalis back hole not realize the consequences
Sayyid Mohammed was Somali 🇸🇴 hero.
No, he was not
They (colonizers) used to call him 'Mad Mullah'
@@ahmedfeleb4877 Yes because he show them how strong he was and without him your name would be John.
@Cumar Farah nacas, meesha basaasiin baa buuxda oo cadaan ah ee la soco, inta aan qoraal qoray maalin ayay daba gal igu sameeyeen
@@Sizlac09 your sick man cuqdadland Allenha ku caafiyo Aamiin.
Hassan was a legend. So sad that our country is broken after such a man
He was dump idiot who killed his own people
As a Brit I'm extremely interested in colonial and military history content like this. It's a real shame that people aren't taught this stuff in schools. Please keep the videos coming 🙂
Because Somalia is probably the only Africa country that defeated the British empire 😂😭you will never show your failure to your school books .Typical of your government.
the dervish war is very famous here in somalia
@@m77mohamed40don’t know why, didn’t achieve much
@@aali.j1 20 years of struggle, sure you have a more interesting one.
@@m77mohamed40 sh bashir
I never heard of this part of Somali history between the two wars. You are very accurate.
The level of this channel is super!!!!
It's extremely inaccurate and white washed.
Said Mohammed Abdul hassan he is the great man and want to kick out the British army in Somalia 🇸🇴
Sayid (lord)
@@batistayonis1789 don’t replied my comment
@@batistayonis1789 stop 🛑 replying to me my comment don’t be stupid
The Bitish left Somaliland on the 26 of June? How come Mod Mo favoured on European over another?
@@mohamedjama1865 more like satan
6 thousand vs 3 great powers and yet no one defeated them ....... it's imposiple....wariors may Allah protect ya'll my family 🇸🇴❤
Actually 4 because Ethiopia were present when the British, Italian and French were decided to divide Somalis
@Teodros Joshua Menilk invaded oagdean in 1887 and conqureed it made it recongized in 1897 then Italy annexed it 1936 after haliselassie defeated Italy he demanded Ogadean back from British
@Teodros Joshua yo do you any info on Menilk conquest of Ogadean 1887 can you link me some ?
Uh? Italy was defeated by the allies, not by selassie
Exaggeration, dream on
We desperately need him today in Somalia!
Absolutely x
yes you got alashababb as they are the same as dervish movement.
You got alshabaab same method and ideology. Mass killings and atrocities.
@@abdulfatahjamar7314 alshabab are created by foreign nations and spies to destroy somalia but Sayid mohammed is the founding father of greater Somalia and the pan-somalism
@@daariqahmed8297 really!!!!
I thought they use clans instead of tribes in Somalia. A tribe can be a singular cultural group from a few individuals to thousands living across a wide region. A clan is a sub-group of a Tribe. A Clan tends to have stronger familial bonds within the tribe as a whole. There is only one Somali tribe with many clans
Yeah you’re right but there is also more than one tribe in Somalia. Bantus, as well as descendants of immigrants from Persia, Arabia and South Asia
You are right it’s clans not tribes
I think the two are interchangeable
@@TheHajinator yh but people who are not ethnically somali, are a small minority and also have no actual claim to any of the lands within Somalia, or any of our territorial waters, as historically this was owned solely by Somali clans, I only say this because we are speaking of Somalia, a country named after one ethnic group, Somalis, yes we have people from other backgrounds, but they are a minority which we welcomed for different reasons, and who we respect, but overall we still make up over 85 percent of the population, and own 100 percent of the land
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 your completely correct
These episodes about colonial conflicts are some of my favorites, these are stories mostly forgotten, especially in the West. Helps give some context to current events in these parts of the world.
Please keep making videos up to and into the second world war these are so interesting.
Thanks for the video 🇸🇴🔥 plz more Somali content
Twist what you will, we will surely straighten it straight. Muslim, Somali and Proud 🇸🇴
Leave islam out of it. We are not arabs. We are better off going back to our ancestoral beliefs.
@@utdutd8336 shut up. Islam is the truth. WAAQ is stupid religion. It is not for Arabs it is for rightly guided people. Somalia will stay Muslim. Our ancestors left it for a reason. Allahu akbar!!
@@user-oo6vr1ky5f Allahu Akbar
@@utdutd8336
What do you mean?
What did your ancestors believe?
And who are you really?
Surely they were not idolaters.
Islam is the Only Answer which Allah had completed for us.
Allah is our Owner and Sustainer.
Muhammad S.A.W is His final messenger.
Our ancestors are long gone they can't help themselves nor us for that matter. One wise choice they picked was Islam and it is with an honor/pride that i accept such present from them.
@@utdutd8336 Shut up about ancestral religions my ancestors were Muslim for over a thousand years who told you Islam is for Arabs you fool?
Thank you very much, your contributions to the history of Dervish movement against colonials is full of truth and that is it what really happened. I subscribed your channel & I'll be regular user of your production
Thanks
Waxaan umaleynaa in aadan si fiican u fahmin udub dhaxaadka hadalkiisa kaa soo ah mid dhinac u janjeera, ogoow caddaanku lagama ogolaado inuu taariikhdaada kuu yeeriyo.
Wa Gaal de beenta iyo khiyanada wa dhaqankooda. Diinta Islam waxan na Barta inan gaala ku dayan
I was waiting for this far too long and it was perfect. Almoste three years since the war ended and still going strong!!!
Thank you for a very insightful video
I recently watched 16 days in Berlin and I have to say it was amazing. I am definedly going to buy Rhineland documentary when it comes out.
Thanks!
I have re watched 16 days 3 times, it’s brilliant ✌️✌️
where can i watch it?
I remember reading about this conflict in the Commando! Comic, as a kid. Don't think they'd publish it today.
Somali people are ruthless fighters when it comes to their land and religion.
They will never surrender to no body.
I loved how you kept me entertained for a topic that I really don't care about
4:00 My man glowing like he is some type of boss you got to fight after fighting all his guards behind him.
Love the cobi bricks in the background
Thnx for the video
Greatly appreciate the video. One major event that was not mentioned for some reason is Richard Corfield death and Darawish victory in that war.
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edition, correct topic : "English anti - terrorist operation in the horn of Africa"
Ayy my name
Thank you. Buddy. This is my clan i m dhulbahante witch is darwiish. We are real antie colonizers
Somali was divided into 5 regions
Somali french
Somali British
Somali Italy
Somali Ethiopia
Somalia Kenya
@@maliword491 Kenya was owned by Britain as a protectorate I do believe
I didn't know literally anything about this war... I think I'm not the only one. You guys are doing an excellent job...
Waw nice documentary indeed it was contains hearts inspiration and motivation incredible
For that what a hero man💪🏻🇸🇴
Very interesting. Thank you.
After this video I've become determined to find a copy of "Divine Madness: Mohammed Abdulle Hassan, 1856-1920." It seems to have become something of a rare book!
Even the title reeks of Orientalism. When was it written?
@@JGreen1 According to the sources in the video description, it was published in 1992.
@@JobberBud Please let me know if you get hold of it.
@cumarfarah6319 where can I get them from Brother?
What is the story with that one german who found himself in the dervish state?
I was thinking the same too, maybe a lost crew member of the Emden?
The way I heard it: A German stumbled into a Dervish Camp. He looked dehydrated, so they offered him water. The German looked at them in disgust and said, "Wasser ist für washing, bier ist fuer trinken." The Dervishes screamed "Infidel!" and killed him.
@@DavidKutzler I wonder, was he expecting beer in the middle of the desert? Hmmm...
He was in the service of Emperor Li Iyasu, who was an ally of the Dervish State. The plan was for Emil Kirsch to aid the Dervishes with their weapons. Unfortunately for Emil the Dervishes expected him to repair Maxim guns with no spare parts, and had him flogged in frustration when he couldn't deliver. He eventually escaped with the help of a sympathetic Dervish.
Wrong sayid mohamed abdulle hassan was somali ogaden tribe . He was born ogaden region incorporated today to ethiopia after minilik ii . Requested so. Since then somalis and ethiopia fought many wars . Next time . Look great somalia map before eutpean colonies .
He told half of the history of the war but did not tell the whole story, all he talked about was the loss of Sayid Mohamed and never mentioned one time the loss of the other side.
The most famous poem was the one about killing Corfield the colonial officer
Somalia is a vibrant emerging democracy.
Somalia is a rising country and many countries fear it.
Somalis should unite and build their country.
Thanks brother
Thank You, same for Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Thank you brother...Allah bless Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and 🇸🇴
Some day i hope i can go and visit your beautiful country and culture. All the best from the 🇬🇧.
@Abdullah Yusuf lol wtf
Somali men are fearless men with class and pride we stick together like a pack of wolves and we attack and take out any man or nation that try it with our country will simply get the wraith of the Somalis ask the Western country’s how fearless we are we’re Muslims who fought and conquered lands and I love my country 🇸🇴⚔️🏇🏽
Allhamdiullah
May Allah unite us back to our land. 🇸🇴🇸🇴
@Black Sparrow I will fight you mate any day pal and any man from your nation you weasel you don’t know how fearless us Somalis are you don’t want it pal go to bed you dosser😂😂😂🤡
@Black Sparrow why not🤨 We somali born to be a fight better don’t mess
@Black Sparrow you have to fear your lord,just I say you've never met anyone like me ,I love it to fight one vs one or group to group that’s have a lot fun
Great effort u did.
Amazing work
Wondering who translate you those parole from sayid it is so accurate great work
They were in the biography of Hassan written in English by Sheik-Abdi.
We need more like him in these modern times
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!
Thanks for the video
Well well well! can't believe the Great War visited us today. 👏
@Hamid Hussein yeah I know.
Thank you for creating such content, coming from a Somali person.
And is not “Somalian” but “Somali”
Always great vid
One of best channels on yt
Cheers
DERVISH IS NOT VHABI))
DERVISH IS a member of a Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity. Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as , , or according to the practice of their order.
Thank you for noticing this, I literally screamed when he said Dervishes were Wahabis, they are the complete opposite.
Lumumba was not a communist. Dervish is not Wahhabi. There we go again. Deep state lies.
Correct, the Sayyid was Qadiriya order Sufi...like the Mahdists of Sudan, and their movement was the predominant one in the region as well as British Aden and the Hejaz (location of holy sites) before the Wahabi take over about 2 decades later under the house of Saud.
Then, for a century, Wahhabism was confined to Arabian peninsula until the emergence of Al Shabaab in the 2010s in the Horn of Africa.
@@BoqPrecision He was not Qadiriyah but Salihiyah.
They just call everyone they don't like that. The Russians do that in the Caucasus.
Somalia 🇸🇴 the Lion of Africa will come back Allah Willing
Thank you sir for your work
I'm glad Great War is still uploading! I was afraid they'd stop 11/11/2018 ^_^
Gaal Jabkiisa wuu qarsadaa... just Imagine the colonialists wrote the history?..that was a clean slice! 😅
That was a great video!! I am Somali from the same tribe as Sayyid Mohamed Abdulla Hassan. So to see a video so informative and engaging about a subject and a country so little spoken of but with such a rich history and a people who are unlike ANY other in Africa or the Muslim world was a cool drink of water on a hot day!
Thank you!
Same clan* our tribe is somali
Who asked u ?
Allahayaw yaa darwiishka Salaan Debecsan Gaarsiiya...
Gaadhsiiya
ragii ingiriiska u shaqan jiray miyaadan ahayn halkay daraawiishta iyo soomaalida kale gumaystaha la dagaalamayeen ilaayo hada ku faana ingiriisbaa na gumaystay halkay soomaalidu ka faanto gaalbaa na gumaystay
@@malireaction7596 Walalkaa haduu khaldamey, taariikhdu waa wax tagey. Qofka ereyadiisu hadeey fiicanyihiin, so dhawee o walaaltinimada somaaliyeed ka shaqee. Mustaqbalka aan ku dadaalno.
@@malireaction7596 makii talyaanigu wabaiga kaga gudbijiraadtahaye lkn shiikh bashiir & sayid maoamed &ugaas doodi car bal sheeg qof reer koonfura oo talyaani ka horyimi
@@malireaction7596 taariikhdaa kaa khaldan baan umaleynayaa halgamashii reer sheekh isaaq aan ku baro faarax Omar.,sheekh Bashir,, xaaji Adam afqalooc been ma ah in soomaalida waligeed qabyaaladii khayrkeed ka reebtay oo qaar badan oo reer ka ahi ku xumayn iyo khaladaad uu galay sayidku ku xumeeyey ,waxa San nina beeninayn ina cabdalle xasan inu ahaa halyey soomaaliyeed oo ummadani taariikhdeeda ah
4:30, those numbers don't lie. Im from the dhulbahante tribe and my great grandfather and his family fought in that war on the side of the Sayyid and a great number of them died. My grandfathers brother was a dervish surviver and lived until the 1990s. He was very young when he fought against the british and their somali allies. We do take great pride in our forefathers dying for the sake of Jihad against colonialism.
Subhanallah, a dervish survivor in 1990, he must have amazing stories to tell if old age hasn't destroyed him yet.
Sayid's Bah gari Ogaden clan lost over 80% of their men in this war. That's why they are langaabs today😂😂
@@somaliballer1735 you are right bro dolbahanta and bahgeri suffered alot thats why they are small tribes today , I had a from an old man that dolbahante were the majority tribe at that time
Am an Ogaden my great grandfather was matyred by britsh
@@abdiabdi.5559Dhulbuhante not a small tribe even today,it lost alot of man though during Dervish wars
Just so its clear, this is a very BIAS reading of history. One sided and riddled with unfounded accusations on the Sayid.
He's literally reading from the colonial diaries. It's very one sided, it makes me think now whether all his other videos are this bias too.
@@MrZMaslam they most likely are
He doesn’t speak Somali so clearly he wouldn’t have access to Somali sources that would be more favorable to the opposition view. If you have Somali writings or scholastic works share it with them. Propaganda goes both ways.
@Don't be evil, Google said yes the stories of the Sayid and darawish are preserved in the poetry of the day. This brother mentioned Sayid Muhammad Abdulle Hassan without mentioning he was one of the greatest poets of Somalia.
@@Kismayo-Videos he was not poet as we all know pirated other men's poetry
thank you for making a video about this toppic i never hear about this topipic on profesional tactical en historical battles
They are always the heroes in their stories.
I'm proud to be Dervish kingdom 🐎🗯💙🇸🇴
Also you need to like Alshabab then
@@abdulfatahjamar7314 😂
@@abdulfatahjamar7314 why not Al shabab Is SoMali but u are still slave
@@abdulfatahjamar7314 I’m guessing your ancestors were those Somali traitors that were fighting against the Dervishes