1945 Sheikh Bashir rebellion

1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion

Sheikh Bashir praying Sunnah prayer, 1920[1]
Date2-7 July 1945
(5 days)
Location
British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
Result

British victory

  • Sheikh Bashir killed
  • Unrest continues
  • Anti-colonialist and nationalist sentiment increases in Somaliland
Belligerents

Isaaq Sultanate Isaaq Sultanate

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Bashir †
Alin Yusuf Elmi (Qaybdiid) †		 British Somaliland Major Chambers †
British Somaliland James David †
Units involved
Habr Je'lo tribesmen Police guards, Sepoys and South African troops
Strength
25 armed followers Unknown
Casualties and losses
2 killed, 3 captured 2 killed, several injured

The 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion was a rebellion waged by tribesmen of the Habr Je'lo clan in the cities of Burao and Erigavo in the former British Somaliland colony and protectorate against British authorities in July 1945 led by Sheikh Bashir, a Somali religious leader. This rebellion occurred two months after the end of the Second World War in Europe, and post-war conditions, and the impending collapse of the British Empire, may have been the reasons for the rebellion in the first place. [2]

  1. ^ Réunis, Lévy & Neurdein (1920). R.C.M Somali collection.
  2. ^ Mohamed, Jama (1996). Constructing colonial hegemony in the Somaliland protectorate, 1941-1960 (Thesis thesis).