[4] The battle greatly shook the Ethiopians, and resulted in them coordinating large scale joint military operations with the British Empire against the Dervishes in the following years.

The escalating frequency and violence of the raids resulted in Somalis consolidating behind the Dervish Movement under the lead of Sayyid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan.

[6] The Sayyid's tactics which resembled that of the Mahdi of Sudan proved to be successful,[14] although he suffered heavy casualties, he and his dervishes stormed the zeriba and returned all the looted livestock.

[17] These claims were called into question by the British Vice Council in Harar, 40 miles to the east of Jigjiga, who reported:[18] "The Abyssinians, it seems, fear the Somalis very much.

[17] The Ethiopians claimed to have killed 2,800 Dervish troops during the battle, but according to Professor of African History Raphael Chijioke Njoku the veracity of the reported number of deaths is suspicious.

[6] After this engagement, the Sayyid became the virtual master of the whole Ogaden region and gained a high status among the Muslims who considered the Negus of Abyssinia their common enemy.