The Battle of Jigjiga was fought on March 5, 1900 between The Abyssinians and the Dervishes.[1]

Battle of Jigjiga
DateMarch 5, 1900
Location
Jigjiga (Modern day Somali Region,Ethiopia)
Result Dervish victory
Belligerents
Dervish Movement  Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Mohamed Abdullah Hassan Ethiopian Empire Grazmatch benti
Strength

6,000

Armed with lances		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
170 Unknown

The Ethiopian empire sent an expedition to capture Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. Failing to locate him they indiscriminately looted the local Somalis.[2][3]

In response, in the first major attack by the Dervishes, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan with his army successfully stormed the Ethiopian garrison at Jigjiga and recovered all their stolen herds.[4]

The British Vice-Consul at Harar reported:

"The Abyssinians, it seems, fear the Somalis very much. I have never seen men so afraid as they are now; they have given rifles to the children to show they have troops here."[5]

After the battle, The whole Ogaden region was at Hassan’s disposal causing an international issue.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (2003-02-25). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8108-6604-1.
  2. ↑ Sarkees, Meredith Reid (2010). Resort to war : a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007. Internet Archive. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-87289-434-1.
  3. ↑ Marcus, Harold G.; Hudson, Grover (1994). New Trends in Ethiopian Studies: Papers of the 12th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Michigan State University, 5-10 September 1994. Red Sea Press. ISBN 978-1-56902-013-5.
  4. ↑ Stapleton, Timothy J. (2016-11-07). Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts [2 volumes]: [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-59884-837-3.
  5. ↑ Hess, Robert L. (1964). "The 'Mad Mullah' and Northern Somalia". The Journal of African History. 5 (3): 420. doi:10.1017/S0021853700005107. ISSN 0021-8537. JSTOR 179976. S2CID 162991126.
  6. ↑ Lüdert, Jan; Ketzmerick, Maria; Heise, Julius (2022-11-10). The United Nations Trusteeship System: Legacies, Continuities, and Change. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-78162-5.
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