Derbiga

French researcher Christian Bader recounts the fall of Derbiga according to tradition:^[5]

The ruler of the Harla of Derbiga, a certain Galab Deni, installed his daughter with the mission of watching for the arrival of enemies (likely Somalis) on the Jigjiga plain. The attackers, among whom was the lover of Galab Deni's daughter, then cut grass, from which they concealed the men and their horses; thus camouflaged, they were able to advance unseen. When Galab Deni asked his daughter if she saw anything coming, she replied, "Nothing, oh my, except that the plain seemed to advance at that moment." "Thus, the enemies, suddenly rising up, launched an assault on Derbiga and destroyed the city. Believing that his wife had betrayed him in order to spare her lover, Galab Deni had her head cut off.