Sayyid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan

Sayyid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan (born April 7, 1864, Dulbahante area, British Somaliland [now Doli Bahanta, Somalia]—died Dec. 21, 1920, Imi, Ethiopia) was a Somali religious and nationalist leader (called the “Mad Mullah” by the British) who for 20 years led armed resistance to the British, Italian, and Ethiopian colonial forces in Somaliland. Because of his active resistance to the British and his vision of a Somalia united in a Muslim brotherhood transcending clan divisions, Sayyid...