[quote]Another Somali whom the British were watching because of his suspected political ambitions [End Page 15] was Sheikh 'Ali Nairobi. The sheikh had come to Jubaland in 1896 as the first representative of the puritanical Salihiyya sufi tariqa, an Islamic brotherhood. In August 1916, the British received intelligence that he was erecting a mosque in Italian territory near the Dawa River, collecting large tithes from the Marehan, and "attempting to emulate the Mullah."[/quote]
when shikh Cali Nayrobi n Ugaas Maxamuud dhore teamed up, british quickly gave jubbaland to the Italians cuz they don't want a second Darwiish style beatin on their asses this time in JUBBALAND.
[quote]Significantly, Glenday feared not the Aulihan, but attack from the Marehan.[/quote]
Smart Man.
[quote]While the fighting between the Muhammad Zubeir and Aulihan continued, by late 1916, the conflict with the Marehan overshadowed it. Indeed, Ahmed Hajji, a son of 'Abdurrahman Mursaal, was killed in October by Marehan, and unconfirmed reports attested that the rebel leader had been wounded in the leg. 94 The Marehan decided to take even more effective action against their rivals. They suspended their internal feuds so that they could deal [End Page 23] with the Aulihan[/quote]
suspended their internal feuds ku laha, war ileen marehan waligood ayagaa cadowgood isku jabinayay.
[quote]At the end of January, the Aulihan staged a surprise night attack on Marehan in Jubaland and dozens were killed before the raiders made off with 500 camels and some rifles. In reprisal, Marehan killed 60-70 Aulihan in early March.[/quote]
war ma Marehan baa ku cafinayo.
from U.K history course:
[quote] On the outbreak of war there were three battalions in the two British Protectorates of Uganda and East Africa[20], who together made up seventeen companies. Of the seventeen "Six were engaged in operations against the MAREHAN people on the Juba river, several others were preparing to march against the Tukana, and one was in Zanzibar"[21].
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