| Olol Dinle | |
|---|---|
| Sultan of the Sciavelli and Auia | |
 An official portrait of Olol Dinle, c. 1936 | |
| Sultan of the Ajuran | |
| Reign | 1922–1960 |
| Born | Kelafo, Ethiopia |
| Died | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Issue | Muhamad Olol Dinle Abdullaziz Olol Dinle |
| Dynasty | Garen-Muzaffarid |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military career | |
| Battles/wars | |
Olol Dinle (Somali: Olol Diinle)[1] was a Somali sultan who ruled Kelafo as the head of the Ajuran. He successively offered allegiance to the Kingdom of Italy in the 1920s and was named "Sultan of Sciavelli (Shabelle) and Auia (Hawiye)" in the early 1930s.[2]
Olol Dinle was crowned sultan in 1922 and his Sultanate was out of the upper reaches of the Webi Shabelle, centered at Kelafo, the traditional capital at the turn of the 20th century. After Ethiopian Empire invaded his traditional territory, Sultan Olol Dinle sought the alliance of Italy in the 1920s. The Italians dubbed him the "Sultan of Sciavelli (Shabelle) and Auia (Hawiye)" in the early 1930s.[3]
- ^ Zitelmann, Thomas (1990). "Refugee Aid, Moral Communities and Resource Sharing: A Prelude to Civil War in Somalia". Sociologus. 41 (2). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot: 130. ISSN 0038-0377. LCCN 55017613. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
When asked … when he had arrived as a refugee, he answered: '1978, the year Olol Dinle died'. Olol Dinle was once a famous Somali nationalist in Ethiopia. He had collaborated with the Italians during the 1930s, but was executed in Addis Abeba in the early 1960s.
- ^ Mondadori, Arnoldo (1941). Gli annali dell'Africa italiana Volume 4. Italian East Africa. p. 345.
- ^ Zorzetto, Gabriele (2003). Uniformi e insegne delle truppe coloniali italiane. Studioemme. p. 174. ISBN 978-88-901302-0-5.