Haroun (Fadhiweyn)

Xarunta Darawiish
Branch overview
Formed1895
Preceding Branch
  • Darawiish court tariqa
JurisdictionCiid-Nugaal
HeadquartersJidali fort
Eyl fort
Taleh fort
Branch executives
  • Faarax Maxamuud Sugulle, (Head of Haroun)
  • Carab Illaawe, (deputy head of haroun)

Haroun, also called Fadhiweyn,[1] and natively transliterated as Xarunta in Somali, was a government and headquarters of the Dervishes, headed by Faarax Mahmud Sugulle.[2] According to Claude Edward Marjoribanks Dansey, the political officer in the British Somali Coast Protectorate consisted of 400 individuals.[1] The capture of the haroun was regarded as conceivably resulting in the Sayyid's surrender.[3] In the third expedition, major Paul Kenna was tasked "by every means" to find where the haroun is.[4]

  1. ^ a b Ciise, Jaamac (1976). Taariikhdii daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamad Cabdille Xasan. p. 175. about 400 rifles and some ammunition stored in each of the nine houses built in the Haroun for Mullah and his relatives ...(Signed) C. E. Dansey, Political Officer ... Dariiqadii waxay degtey Baaraan oo magaalada Laascaanood koonfur Hawd ka xigta, waana xarunta la baxday Fadhiweyn
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  3. ^ Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04, page 319, year 1907 "The instructions to Kenna were "to endeavour by every means to locate the position of the Haroun, and having done so, to try and surprise it by long-distance marching with his mounted troops ... Though the Mullah himself might escape, the capture of the Haroun meant the destruction of his prestige, and, in all probability, his own final surrender."
  4. ^ Official History of the operations in Somaliland 1901-1904 "The instructions to Kenna were " to endeavour by every means to locate the position of the Haroun, and having done so, to try and surprise it by long-distance marching with his mounted troops."