Darawiish

Reer Darawiish clan tree

Darawiish was a Dhulbahante anti-colonial kingdom of Diiriye Guure geographically congruous with Khatumo from 1895 until 1921 that was led by the monarch Diiriye Guure. Darawiish were territorially situated in the Nugaal and Ciid regions. Reer Darawiish is also a nickname of the Siciid Harti tribe.

Quotes

Civilization

• One threat was emanating from the neighboring Suldaan Cali Yuusuf of Hoobya, and the other from the Darawiish headquarter in Beletweyne
  • Abdurahman Baadiyow, THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN SOMALIA, page 59

People

• Meeting in various places, attacking at unpredictable times, the darawiish sustained their resistance in the Benaadir until 1910.
  • Lee V. Cassanelli, The Shaping of Somali Society, 1982, p. 245

• ... rhetorical idioms that entirely aligned with the story and the plot he wishes to convey to his followers (Dervish or Darawiish)
  • Ali Sheikh, Sayyid Mohammed: And the Role of Poetic Stanzas in his Dervish Struggle, geeskaafrika, 2016,