Taleex District
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Taleh District is a district in the northern Sool
region of Somalia
. Its capital lies at Taleh, the former headquarters of the Somali religious and nationalist leader Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") and his Dervish State
.
Sool
Sool is an administrative region in northern Somalia.-Overview:With its capital at Las Anod, Sool is historically known for being the seat of the anti-colonial Dervish movement....
region of Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
. Its capital lies at Taleh, the former headquarters of the Somali religious and nationalist leader Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") and his Dervish State
Dervish State
The Dervish state was an early 20th century Somali Sunni Muslim state that was established by Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, a religious leader who gathered Somali soldiers from across the Horn of Africa and united them into a loyal army known as the Dervishes...
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