Very common title for rulers in the pre-colonial and colonial periods; used throughout the Somali territories.

Used throughout the Somali territories.

Reserved for learned Islamic clerics, and used throughout the Somali territories.

"The mission of the Somali Army is to defend Somali territory, not to kill Somali citizens," he said.

As a young soldier he participated in the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, where he discovered the vast Somali territory beyond the republic.

While all these developments were happening the Somali people still waited a central government to come to their country and take over the responsibility of the Somali territory.

Under Tuur's leadership, the local administration declared the northwestern Somali territories independent on 18 May 1991.

The Dervish state was a Somali territory that existed semi-officially from 1905 to 1920.

The former colonial boundary between the two Somali territories ceased to exist as from July 1, 1960, the date of the proclamation of the reunification.

The Dervish ideal was a nationalistic cause whose primary goal was to integrate Somalis and unite Somali territories under one single centralized administration.