[4][5][6] Jidali was one of many temporary headquarters of the Dervish movement led by Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, to which him and his forces fled to after their defeat in Jidbali.

In late April 1916, the Warsangeli under the orders of Mohamoud Ali Shire attacked the Dervish forces based at the Jidali fort, besieging them and looting their stock.

On the evening of Saturday the 6th, the Dervishes set out to punish the Warsangeli with a force composed of 2,000 Sa'ad Yunis and Uduruhmin Dervishes led by Ibrahim Boghol, a commander of the Adan Madoba sub-division of the Habr Je'lo clan, who swept down on the Warsangeli capital, Las Khorey.

While Las Khorey was being besieged, the Warsangeli were able to secretly send a dhow to Aden to request help from the British Navy, and on May 10 Lancelot Turton commanding HMS Northbrook arrived at Las Khorey and commenced to shell Ibrahim and his forces with Lyddite explosives, forcing them to retreat to the mountains and thus ending the deadly siege.

[12] According to a book published in England in 1951, the town is inhabited Urursuge (Muuse Ismaaciil )]] sub-subtribe of the numerous Isnaaciil Care, a which is a main branch of the Habaryoonis.