In the book: Nomads in the Shadows of Empires: Contests, Conflicts and Legacies on the ...By Gufu Oba. The author who have little or no knowledge of Sultan Olol Dinle's struggle, have projected as a man with little significance that was serving the Italian colony. In fact it was the Ethiopian Ruler's ambition to conquer his land that have forced him to side with Italians. He was a freedom fighter and deserves better treatment than the description of this book. After Britain defeated the Italians in WW2, Sultan Olol Dinle was exiled in the town of Hobyo, Somalia. Not giving up his ambition of freeing his land and his people, in 1950 he went to Addis Abeba, Ethiopia after receiving a reconciliation meeting invite from Emperor Haile Sallasie. Sultan Olol Dinle and his entire delegate were arrested on their way back from Addis Abeba. In 1953, Emperor Haile Sallasie ordered the murder of Sultan Olol Dinle by poison while in jail. In 1955, two years after his death and the day after the Emperor ordered the butchering of the Sultan Olol Dinle's entire delegate, that included two of his nephews, Abdikarim and Abdullahi Sultan Diriye Dinle. Britain granted the Ogaden region to Ethiopia. The Ogaden region includes the land Sultan Olol Dinle have gallantly fought to protect from the Ethiopian invaders in 1930's.

As a respect to the Dinle's family, we would appreciate if you can make correction and editions to tell who truly was Sultan Olol Dinle: A freedom fighter.

Respectfully,

Musse Olol Dinle