The Madhiban alternately known as Reer Sheikh Madhibe or Mohammed Gorgaarte, are a prominent Somali sub-clan of the Gorgaarte, which belongs to the Hawiye conglomerate of clans. They are scattered thr
Al madhibaan, Al Somali
The Dervish Movement also known as the Dervish State was an armed resistance movement and polity headquartered in Taleh between 1899 and 1920, which was led by the Salihiyya Sufi Muslim poet and milit
Taleh fortress, the Dervish capital.
Dervish scout atop a tree
The historic Daarta Sayyidka Dervish fort in Eyl, Puntland.
The last residents of the Silsilad fort were Haji Yusuf Barre, the singlehanded defender of Taleh, Mohamud Hosh (pictured), the last castellan of Taleh and Jama Biixi Kidin, an abandoned Dervish child prisoner.