Deria Arale

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Deria Arale (Somali: Diiriye Caraale) was a senior Khusuusi member of the Somali Dervish movement led by Mohamed Abdullah Hassan.[1]

Overview[]

He along with Abdallah Shihiri led the 1904 Dervish delegation that facilitated the Ilig or Pestollaza agreement between the Dervishes and Italy. This treaty allowed the Dervishes to peacefully settle in Italian Somaliland with some autonomy but under Italian protection.[2][3] In 1899 Deria was among the top five (Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Haji Sudi, Sultan Nur and Deria Gure) wanted leaders of the movement.[4] The British put a bounty on his head and his name appeared in the 1919 most wanted Dervish list published by the British, alongside him appeared the names of other Isaaq clan members such as Haji Sudi, Ibrahim Boghol, Ibraahim Gioode and Haji Yussuf.[5]

Before dispatching forces to face the Dervish at Samala, Consul-General Hayes Salder made the following instructions to the overall commander of the forces Eric John Eagles Swayne:

In the unlikely event of the: Mullah offering to surrender, in his case and that of the Following: Haji Sudi, Deria Arale, Deria Gure Only an unconditional surrender should be accepted no guarantee of any kind to future treatment been given. Sultan Nur the , sultan of the Habr Yunis, may be guaranteed his life." J. Hayes-Sadler, His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, Somali Coast Protectorate. Aden April 11, 1901."[6]

He belonged to the Adan Madobe sub-division of the Habr Je'lo clan of the Isaaq clan family.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Haji, Abdiwahid Osman (2001). Somalia: A Chronology of Historical Documents 1827-2000. A. Osman Haji. ISBN 978-0-9688743-0-1.
  2. ^ Ministero della Guerra, Comando del Corpo di S.M./Ufficio Storico: SOMALIA, Vol. I, Dalle Original 1914, Roma, 1938- XVI, pp. 308, 309, 315, 318, 319.
  3. ^ Caroselli, op. cit. 78-9.
  4. ^ Official history of the operations in Somaliland, 1901–04 by Great Britain. War Office. General Staff Published 1907.p.56
  5. ^ Caroselli, Francesco Saverio (1931). "Ferro e fuoco in Somalia".
  6. ^ Official History of the Operations in Somaliland. 1901–1904 Vol. I p. 54
  7. ^ Ministero della Guerra, Comando del Corpo di S.M./Ufficio Storico: SOMALIA, Vol. I, Dalle Original 1914, Roma, 1938- XVI, pp. 308, 309, 315, 318, 319.
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