- The
Bimaal or Bimal, is a sub-clan of the
major Dir clan family. This clan is
widely known for
leading a
resistance against the
colonials in
southern Somalia...
- The
Banadir resistance, also
known as the
Bimaal revolt,
Merca revolt, or
simply the
Bimaal resistance, was a
guerrilla war that
lasted from the 1890s...
- late 17th century. The
Sultanate of
Geledi tried to
attack and
destroy the
Bimaal clan many
times to try and
capture the
coastal city of Merca. But the Bimal...
- However, some
Somali clans notably the
Biimal clan
opposed this idea. The
Bimaals fought the
Italians to keep
their slaves.
Although the
Italians freed some...
- aid
before Yusuf engaged and
ultimately lost
against the
Omani aligned Bimaals in 1848 at the
Battle of
Adaddey Suleyman. In 1885, the
German brothers...
- Mogadishu, in south-central
Somalia Sultanate of Showa, in
central Ethiopia Bimaal Sultanate, in
south eastern Somalia centred in
Merka Angoche Sultanate,...
- Ethiopia,
Somaliland Languages Somali Religion Islam (****)
Related ethnic groups Gurgura, Bursuuk, Issa, Gadabuursi,
Bimaal,
Surre and
other Dir groups...
-
genealogy is as follows: Hill
Samaale Irir Dir
Gadabursi Issa
Samaroon Bimaal Isaaq Habr
Magaadleeh Garhaji Awal Habr
Habusheed Habr
Yunis Tol Ja'lo (Ahmed)...
- this case were
engaged in
supplying arms to the
Bimaal. The
Italians wanted to
bring in an end to the
Bimaal revolt and at all cost
prevent a Bimal-Dervish...
-
Italian Somaliland 1896 1925 Bīmāl
revolt Italy
Bimaal Rebels Italian Victory Suppression of the
Bimaal revolt 1897 1897 Greco-Turkish War (1897) Greece...
