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Taleh

Also known as Taleex

Taleh (Taleex) is a town in the Sool region of northern Somalia, the main stronghold of the Dervish state of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. From 1913 the Dervishes built there a complex of massive stone forts and towers. In early 1920 British aircraft bombed them in one of the first uses of air power in a colonial war, and the ground forces that followed ended the Dervish state.

Taleh
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Dervish State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Taleh. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/taleh
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