Dodai


Dodai, also called Doddi or Dodhais is a border-locality in the Boocame District immediately opposite to Geida Debabo which is across the border in the Garowe District. British parliamentarian Leopard Amery in 1920 described it as a "waterhole... close to the Italian frontier." On the 12th of February 1920, Dodai was the final refuge of the last independent figures of the Darawiish inner circle in their traditional territories of the Nugaal before their escape into Abyssinia. This inner circle of Darawiish included Abshir Dhoore, Cismaan Boos, the Sayid himself and two of his sisters. The presence of Aw Abdille Ibraahiim at their destination at the Shebelle tributary suggests he may have been the third male.