Taleh is home to several historic structures dating to the Darawiish era which were dubbed as "Dhulbahante forts" by the Sayid. Of these, there are five forts erected by Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's former Dervish State in present-day Sool and Sanaag. Constructed between 1901 and 1915, most of the edifices are concentrated in the Sanaag & Sool region, including Dalyare fort, Jidali fort, Midhisho, Shimbir Bariis and Badhan. Taleh/Taleex is the largest of the structures. According to Cabdi-Yaar Cali Guuleed, a Darawiish veteran, the largest Dhulbahante fort from the Darawiish era is the Dhulbahante fort of Taleh which according to him was built between 1909 to 1910 and he said the following: