During this royal journey, a group of nomads, mistaking the caravan for an Ogaden trade convoy, attempted to rob it.
When they realized it was the Sultan’s caravan, they ceased their robbery attempt.
[2] The clans were embroiled in a dispute over control of the important port town of Berbera.
[3] In 1846, Sultan Hassan traveled to Berbera and presented a holy relic, compelling both sides to swear an oath to bury their animosity and live in peace.
[4] Despite this resolution, control of Berbera later passed to the ambitious Isaaq merchant and politician Sharmarke Ali Saleh, who would eventually become governor and emir of Zeila and Tadjoura.