Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 3/1/20
Title
Detailed intelligence summary by Ismay, May 1919, on Dervish defences, tactics and leaders
Date(s)
- 1919 May 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
116pp and map
Scope and content
Summary by Ismay (as intelligence officer 1916-18), Burao Somaliland, of intelligence in British Somaliland 1915-Dec 1918, including description of forts; Dervish organisation; Dervish tactics 1914-1917; notes on Dervish personalities (pp 64-74 missing but see 3/1/22); genealogical table of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan); map of portion of Somaliland (scale 1:1,000,000 GSGS 1781, revised 1906). Typescript 116pp and map