Jidali fort

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title: Jidali fort
text: Jidali fort was a cross-shaped fort of the Dervish era located in the town of Jidali in Sanaag, Somalia and is also the first place in Africa to be bombed via aerial bombardment by a tally of four sorties of De Havilland DH-9's on 21 January 1920. An April 1920 letter between the Sayid and Italian-Somali governor Giacomo De Martino states that the Dervishes built a total of twenty-seven forts which are described as Dhulbahante garesas. According to Lieutenant-Colonel H. Moyse-Bartlett, the Jidal
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description: Dervish fort in Sanaag, Somaliland
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date modified: 2023-11-24T09:51:23Z
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