1945 Sheikh Bashir rebellion

1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion
	; Sheikh Bashir praying Sunnah prayer, 1920
Date	2-7 July 1945; (5 days)
Location	British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
Result	British victory Sheikh Bashir killed; Unrest continues; Anti-colonialist and nationalist sentiment increases in Somaliland;
Belligerents
Isaaq Habr Je'lo;	United Kingdom British Somaliland;
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Bashir †; Alin Yusuf Elmi (Qaybdiid) †	Major Chambers; James David †
Units involved
Habr Je'lo tribesmen	Police guards, Sepoys and South African troops
Strength
25 armed followers	Unknown
Casualties and losses
2 killed, 3 captured	2 killed, several injured

The 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion was a rebellion waged by tribesmen of the Habr Je'lo clan in the cities of Burao and Erigavo in the former British Somaliland colony and protectorate against British authorities in July 1945 led by Sheikh Bashir, a Somali religious leader, This rebellion occurred at a time two months upon the end of the Second World War in Europe, and post-war conditions, and the impending collapse of the British Empire, may have been the reasons for the rebellion in the first place.

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