In 1931, the Dejazmach ("Commander of the Gate") of Harar, Gebremariam, to whom the Ogaden had been assigned, attacked and destroyed Olol Dinle's fortress at Mustahil and threatened the Italian Rezidenza at Beledweyne.

He moved away from Italian Somaliland while leading a small group of his people, engaged in an all-out fight against the Abyssinian garrisons settled in his country.

Sultan Olol had absolutely promised our colonial authorities that he would succeed in driving the Abyssinians out of the Shabelle territory, which "was the land of his ancestors."

He even managed to capture a cannon, a machine gun, and hundreds of rifles, which are now displayed as trophies in the beautiful Museum of Mogadishu, established in the restored Garesa and reorganized by the Somali history scholar Francesco Saverio Caroselli.

[11][12] The bulk of the Bale army, under Beine Merid, along with a strong detachment of Hararghe troops, was sent to counter Olol Dinle's advance.

[15] Olol Dinle meanwhile raided north and captured Dagnerrei, where his own cousin Hamil Badel had been appointed district governor by the Emperor.

On his return, Dinle’s column occupied Danano in the Bawa Valley, where they joined forces with Hassan Ali, Chief of the Ogaden Rer Dalal tribe, who had pledged allegiance to the Italians.

As a result, Olol Dinle was ordered not to proceed to Imi but to move into the recently subdued territory of the Ghelimes and then march on Ellot to attack the forces descending from the Gestro from behind, which could cause significant trouble to our right flank in case of a counteroffensive along the Doria River.

Marshal Graziani wrote: "Wehib has lost both his bearings and his mind," and indeed, he told a foreign journalist that he couldn’t understand where the enemy armies in the South were or what the Command wanted to do: "With this, the war becomes impossible to conduct!"

"[17] In the Battle of the Ogaden, Nasi’s Eritreans and Olol Dinle’s Ajurans beat the men of Wollega, and of Gemugofa, and of Kulu who had travelled so far to fight.

[19] The Italians impressed by his magnificent conduct which stood out more and more stated that he is worthy of the ancient Islamic invaders of Ethiopia and certainly has the blood of Ahmad Gragn in his veins.

Likening him to the latter ascending the plateau victorious and saw the Shewan priests kissing his feet, he shouted: "These people were born as slaves, it is necessary to free them from its leaders and the false gods that they worship.

[22] Sultan Olol Dinle was executed during the early 1960s in Addis Ababa by Haile Salassie due to accusations of him collaborating with the Italians against Ethiopia.