1922 Burao tax revolt

Burao Tax Revolt
	; D.H.9A bombers used in Somaliland
Date	February 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
Result	Isaaq victory; Captain Allan Gibb killed; Protectorate Tax Policy abandoned; Burao destroyed after Royal Air Force firebombing;
Belligerents
Isaaq Sultanate Habr Yunis;	United Kingdom British Somaliland;
Commanders and leaders
Madar Hersi	Governor Geoffrey Archer Captain Allan Gibb †;
Units involved
Unknown	Somaliland Camel Corps
Casualties and losses
Unknown losses after bombardment	1

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]

^ 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.

[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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1922 Burao tax revolt

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