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1922 Burao tax revolt

Burao Tax Revolt

D.H.9A bombers used in Somaliland
DateFebruary 25 – Late March 1922
Location
Burao, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
09°31′40.4″N 45°32′04.2″E / 9.527889°N 45.534500°E / 9.527889; 45.534500
Result

Isaaq victory

  • Captain Allan Gibb killed
  • Protectorate Tax Policy abandoned
  • Burao destroyed after Royal Air Force firebombing
Belligerents

Isaaq Sultanate Isaaq Sultanate

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Commanders and leaders
Isaaq Sultanate Madar Hersi

British Somaliland Governor Geoffrey Archer

  • British Somaliland Captain Allan Gibb †
Units involved
Unknown Somaliland Camel Corps
Casualties and losses
Unknown losses after bombardment Unknown

The 1922 Burao Tax Revolt was a revolt waged by Habr Yunis tribesmen in the city of Burao in early 1922 against British Somaliland authorities.[1]

  1. ^ Mohamed, Jama (2002). "'The Evils of Locust Bait': Popular Nationalism during the 1945 Anti-Locust Control Rebellion in Colonial Somaliland". Past & Present. 174 (174): 184–216. doi:10.1093/past/174.1.184. ISSN 0031-2746. JSTOR 3600720.
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