[9] In the Dervish-written letter's description of the fall of Taleh in February 1920, in an April 1920 letter transcribed from the original Arabic script into Italian by the incumbent Governatori della Somaliland, the various Dervish-built installations are described as garesas taken from the Dhulbahante clan by the British:[1][10] i Dulbohanta nella maggior parte si sono arresi agli inglesi e han loro consegnato ventisette garese (case) ricolme di fucili, munizioni e danaro.

the Dhulbahante surrendered for the most part to the British and handed twenty-seven garesas (houses) full of guns, ammunition and money over to them.

[11] According to Dervish veteran Ciise Faarax Fikad, Taleh was chosen as the Dervish capital because the Nugaal Valley lies at the heartland of Dhulbahante territory, its distance from colonial administrative centers and to generate geographical distance from the hostile bodies such as Rayid signatories to British treaties, the Majeerteen, those under Mohamoud Ali Shire and the Ogaden who were in general opposed to the Dervish:[12] Iyadoo nimankii dalka waagii hore degi jirey ( Dhulbahante ) ay Sayidka ku dirqiyeen in Nugaal la dego ... Ingiriis iyo dadka raacsan iyo Daraawiish waxa ka dhexeeya colaad guun ah oo aan damihayn ... Maxamuud Cali Shire waynu dagaallannay ... Boqor Cismaan iyo raggiisii Talyaani baa dab ku afuufay oo iyaguna horeynu u collownay ... Cali Yuusuf ... Ogaadeen in yar mooyee Xabashi baa dabada ka wadda oo dagaalkii Gurdumi bay inooku dudayaan iyana waa inoo col.

Colonial sources concur with Somali sources that non-Dhulbahante clans were hostile towards the Dervish:[13] The coast tribes, viz ., the Habr Toljaala, the Habr Gerhajis, the Warsangli of our own Protectorate, and the Mijjarten tribes of the Italian Protectorate were all professedly hostile to the Mullah.Taleh is home to several historic structures dating to the Dervish era.

Per tal fatto ci siamo sabandati e non c’e’ stato piu’ accordo fra di noi: i Dulbohanta nella maggior parte si sono arresi agli inglesi c han loro consegnato ventisette garese (case) ricolme di fucili, munizioni e danaro ... E ora diciamo ... desideriamo tu faccia qualcosa per noi nel senso di intervenire fra noi e gli inglesi per restituirci le nostre famiglie, figili, beni, terrtori.

Because of this, we scattered and dispersed as there was no longer an agreement between us: most of the Dhulbahante tribe surrendered to the English who confiscated from them twenty-seven garesas (houses) full of rifles, ammunition and money... As such... we want you to become mediators between ourselves and the English, as we aspire that they restore to us our families, children, wealth, and territory; in this way we may enter into equitable cooperation of peace and tranquility, such that we remain quiescent, and that we take your flag.

Having destroyed the structures and driven out Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's men to Taleh in 1920, they finally attacked the town, assisted by horsemen and Somali personalities.

The settlement was bombarded by the Royal Air Force on 4 February and taken days later, with the British having defeated the last pockets of Dervish resistance.

[19] Among the casualties at Taleh were commander ismail mire and Artan Boos, two of the closest men to the Mullah and both being of the Dhulbaahante sub-division of the Harti.

Muhammad Abdullah Hassan himself managed to escape to the Ogaden, where his Dervishes were later routed in a 1921 raid led by the clan leader Khadar Taagane.

[31] The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somali Affairs, Nicholas Kay, expressed concern about the conflict between Somaliland and Puntland and urged mediation by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).

Taleh has no hospital and is coping with traditional home remedies, with some patients being taken to Las Anod, which is dominated by Somaliland, and others to Garoowe, the capital of Puntland.

[citation needed] One polling station was set up in the Taleh area, and the distribution of ballots was scheduled for three days until March 15, but a one-week postponement was announced.

His actual capture by the field force is, under present conditions, in my opinion impracticable ... the operations already ordered for the capture of lllig and dealing a last blow at the Mullah are to be carried outHistorian Douglas Jardine concurs with the British War Office that the Dervish capital at Illig (Eyl) was exclusively inhabited by the Dhulbahante:[8] while the Mullah's Dolbahanta allies had retreated south-east towards Illig, the Mullah himself, with all his sheep and goats, but abandoning his camels, bullocks, and ponies, had fled post-haste across the waterless Haud to Mudug.Although the term Taleh or Taleex is often used to describe the entire Dervish fort complex in the town, it more strictly applies to only one of the structures in a four-part compound.

[16]According to Jardine, prior to Taleh becoming Dervish capital, the Dervish capital had for four years from 1905 onwards been at Eyl, also known as Illig:[8] Thus the Mullah became an Italian-protected subject; and during the three years that followed, his haroun remained in the neighbourhood of Illig.Besides the human habitation, Silsilad also had a horse stable whose substance commonly features in Somali popular culture:[46] Xamar weeye oo midab fardood, kala xiriir roone Xawaar iyo kabtiyo raaxo iyo, xawli iyo jeefag Xaggii loo eryaba waa, gammaan xulashadiisiye Xubno toosanlow neefku waa, xaalad gooniya e Goortaan xusuus ula noqdaa, xiiso ii qabane Waxaan xarafka diimeed ahayn, igaga xeel dheere It is beige, and the horse's color contrasts revel outdoing (one another) His walk, trot, canter, lope, gallop and back-gait Wherever you turn (on him), he has no peer Hey, vertical person, this mammal is peerless Whenever I remember him, reminiscence hits me?

The only thing I like more than him, is my love for faith Like other poems, horses as a symbol of love can also eruptly turn to belligerence: Xiniinyaha ku goo baan lahaa, gaalka xaylka lehe Xayskaa da'ayaan lahaa, Xalin ka doodeeye (whilst on his back) I pondered to cut off the testicles; from the (thus) menstruating colonialist During the Xays rains, I planned to ensnare him from (the town of) Halin One Dervish war tactic was hit-and-run, exemplified by dispersion in all directions:[47] ... some 500 horsemen, was encountered, and at first it seemed that he would attack the column's rear-guard, but, when the mounted troops were withdrawn from the front to oppose him, his horse-men broke into groups and, when pursued, adopted the tactics which were subsequently to become so familiar to us, and split up into small parties which made off through a score of practicable passes in the stony hills.

[48] The largest Dervish horse stableyard outside Taleh was arguably Damot, also called Docmo, with large assemblages reported between 1900 and 1903.