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Goryasan

Coordinates: 9°12′00″N 48°28′00″E / 9.20000°N 48.46667°E / 9.20000; 48.46667
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Goryasan
ruin/vestige
Goryasan is located in Somalia
Goryasan
Goryasan
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 9°12′00″N 48°28′00″E / 9.20000°N 48.46667°E / 9.20000; 48.46667
Country Somalia
RegionSool
DistrictTaleh
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Goryasan, also known as Goriasan was the headquarters of the Dervish movement in 1910, and is contemporarily a ruin and vestige located seven kilometers to the northeast of the town of Taleh.[1] It was the former location of the Xarun (Dervish government) in 1910 after it moved from Gaulo, which is also in the Taleh District.[2] There are also other Darawiish heritage sites immediately to the east of Taleh such as Halin, and Dhummay which is halfway between Taleh and Halin, both of which used to have Darawiish fortifications.[3] The year when the Darawiish xarun was settled at Goryasan was known as the Xaaraamacune (Eater of Forbidden Food) era.[4]

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  1. ^ "Guryasan, Somalia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org.
  2. ^ Irons, Roy. Churchill and the Mad Mullah of Somaliland: Betrayal and Redemption 1899-1921. Now the British had miraculously and ingloriously retreated, he changed his plans, and moved towards Gaolo (ending up by November 1910 at Goriasan) planning to replenish his stock in the time honoured way, at the expense of the Friendlies.
  3. ^ Cumar, Jaamac (1974). Taariikhdii Daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan. Ka dibna waxa la dhisay toddoba daarood oo xarunta ku maageera oo hilaada u jirta 10 mayl ilaa 40 mayl, meelaha laga dhisana Bari iyo wixii ka soo duula. 1. Daar Cad 2. Gacal-guule 3. Xalin 4. Dhumay
  4. ^ Human development report, Somalia 2001 -. University of Michigan. 2001. p. 117.