Dhowre Sheneeleh

Dhowre Ali Sheneeleh was the castellan of the Dervish fort of Eyl (also called Illig) and by extension the Dervish governor of Nugaaleed-Bari. He was also the primary commander which spearheaded opposition to Abyssinian expansionism towards the east in the 1900s.
Exclusively Dhulbahante.
The notion of the building of fortresses for Dervish inhabitation was conceived in 1903 when the Dervishes built a fort at Eyl also called Illig. According to the British War Office, the castle at Illig was exclusively inhabited by the Dhulbahante clan, and in particular by the Ali Gheri subclan of the Dhulbahante:
According to Douglas Jardone, Eyl was the capital of Dervishes for four years, from 1905, until it was changed to Taleh in 1909, was at Eyl, also called Illig:
According to Douglas Jardine, the Dervish fortifications at Illig or Eyl were exclusively inhabited by the Dhulbahante:
Governor of the Eyl fortress.
Being appointed castellan of the Eyl fortress by extension made Dhowre Sheneeleh the governor of its expansive vicinity too, which roughly corresponds to modern-day Nugaaleed-Bari:
Daarta Dhowre Sheneeleh.
The Secretary of the British War Office described "Daarta Dhowre Sheneeleh" as follows:
Abyssinian expansion.
According to a war report by British army colonel Alexander Rochfort, Dhowre Ali Sheneeleh was the most senior governor or commander at the southernmost Dervish base at Qollad, near present day Hiran, whereupon he clashed with an Abyssinian force allied to the British:
 One of their wounded who was captured states that these men who are Dervishes and wear as such distinguishing bands round the head and arm , were sent by mullah sheikh Ali Sheneeleh, a man of considerable influence between Hiran 
Capture of Eyl and other forts.
The book "Ferro e fuoco in Somalia" by former Italian Somaliland governor Francesco Caroselli records the causes and circumstances of the Dervish abandonment of Eyl and other forts. The letter, originally in Arabic, but since translated into Italian and Somali, records correspondence between the Sayid and the Italian Somali governor Giacomo De Martino stating that the forts were abandoned because the Dhulbahante tribe, of whom the Dervishes were members, had by and large surrendered.