Dubat ; Arabic:العمائم البيضاء ); ḍubbāṭ: English: White turban) was the designation given to members of the semi-regular armed bands employed by the Italian "Royal Corps of Colonial Troops" in Italian Somaliland from 1924 to 1941. The word dubat was derived from a Somali phrase meaning "white turban".
Dubat from Italian Somalia with rifle, futa and lanyard, 1938
Dubat camel troops under colonel Camillo Bechis orders
Cavalry and fort of the Sultanate of Hobyo, one of the ruling Somali polities that the dubats fought against in the Campaign of the Sultanates.
Royal Corps of Colonial Troops
The Royal Corps of Colonial Troops was a corps of the Royal Italian Army, in which all the Italian colonial troops were grouped until the end of World War II in North Africa campaign.
Soldiers of the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops deployed in front of Forte Capuzzo, in Italian Libya
Amedeo Guillet with a Group in 1940.
Libyan paratroopers of the 1st Libyan Division
Turban wearing Muslim Colonial Troops in white dress uniforms (Genina, 1936)