campaign, notable, nineteenth century
Dervish War
Dervish War was a campaign fought in 1900 at North East State of Somalia, in what is now Somalia; it lasted about 20 years. It was part of Scramble for Africa, which ran from 1885 to 1914. The recorded result: British-Italian victory. Recorded strength: 28,000 against ~25,000.
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Record
| Date | 1900 (year precision) to 1920 | |
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| Place | North East State of Somalia, Somalia 9.000N, 48.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 28,000 | ~25,000 |
| Casualties and losses | British forces suffered approximately 660 killed and over 1,000 wounded, with additional casualties among locally raised units. | 4,000 Dervishes killed |
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Nearest engagements
- British attack on Berbera 1827, 364 km NW
- Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 450 km SW
- Battle of Ecbatana 129 BC, 471 km S
- Siege of Aden 1513, 530 km NW
- Aden Expedition 1839, 530 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Shangi 1896
- All 4 engagements of Scramble for Africa
Elsewhere in 1900
- Battle of Spion Kop South Africa
- Battle of Kousséri Cameroon
- Russian invasion of Manchuria Russia
- Battle of Paardeberg South Africa
- Battle of Peking People's Republic of China
Dervish War is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 9 in present-day Somalia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1402902, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Dervish War, revision 1381243172, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.