page_title: Dubat
hierarchical_section_title: Dubat
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a Dubat (colonial troop of Italian Somalia), ca 1938 Italiano: Dubat (soldato coloniale inquadrato nell'esercito italiano), 1938
context_page_description: Dubat was the designation given to members of and the armed irregular bands employed by the Italian "Royal Corps of Colonial Troops" in Italian Somaliland from 1924 to 1941. The word dubat was derived from a Somali phrase meaning "white turban".
context_section_description: Dubat(Arabic: العمائم البيضاء(دُوب عد); ḍubbāṭ: English: White turban) was the designation given to members of and the armed irregular bands employed by the Italian "Royal Corps of Colonial Troops" (Regio Corpo di Truppe Coloniali in Italian) in Italian Somaliland from 1924 to 1941. The word dubat was derived from a Somali phrase meaning "white turban".
caption: Dubat with rifle, futa and lanyard in Eritrea during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
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