Dervish movement (Somali)
The Somali Dervish movement (Somali: Halgankii Daraawiishta) was a popular movement that developed in Somaliland between 1899 and 1920. It called for the expulsion of all foreign powers from the Somaliland region in the Horn of Africa.[2][3]
Somali Dervish movement Halgankii Daraawiishta | |||||||||||
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| 1899–1920 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Taleh | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam with Sufism-orientation | ||||||||||
| Mullah, Sayid[1] | |||||||||||
• 1899-1920 | Mohammed Abdullah Hassan | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• | 1899 | ||||||||||
• | 9 February 1920 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Somalia Ethiopia | ||||||||||
It was led by the Salihiyya Sufi Muslim poet and militant leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, also known as Sayyid Mohamed. He called for the removal of British and Italian colonies in Somalia, the defeat of Ethiopian forces, the expulsion of Christianity and the establishment of a Muslim Somali state.[2][3]
History
On 3 March 1905 Hassan, the so-called "Mad Mullah" declared himself Sayyid of Nogal (Nugaal valley) in the Khatumo region. The territory coincided approximately with the actual Nugaal area in modern Khatumo State. It was ruled like a kind of sultanate on behalf of the Mahdi.
Hassan's rule was ended by Italy in 1911. After the collapse of Hassan’s resistance movement,[4] rebellion and revolt occurred with disputes between different tribes in Northern Somalia.
The Italian government of Somalia again worked together with the old tribesmen in order to try and keep peace between the several tribes, while maintaining close control over the military.[5]
Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (nicknamed the "Mad Mullah" by the British) escaped from the Khatumo region in 1920 to Imey Ethiopia, where he later died in 1921.
Legacy
The Dervish legacy in Somalia and Somaliland has been influential. It was the "most important revivalist Islamic movements" in Somalia, state Hasan and Robleh.[6] The movement, and particularly its leader, has been controversial in Somalia. Some cherish it as the founder of modern Somali nationalism. Others see it as an ambitious Muslim brotherhood militancy that destroyed Somalia's opportunity to move towards modernization and progress in favor of a puritanical Islamic state embedded with Islamic education. Its ideas are enshrined in the constitution of Somalia.[6]
Gallery
Taleh fort 
Eyl fort 
dervish division
Dervish Movement (Somali) Media
Dervish scout on top of a tree
Tribal chief Akil Haji Mohamed Bullaleh, also known as Haji Warabe, who led the Hagoogane raid that put an end to the Dervish movement
'The Mullah's fortifications at Taleh'. The tombs of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Sultan Nur and unnamed Habr Je'lo and Hawiye notabales can be seen in the plan
The last residents of the Silsilad fort were Haji Yusuf Barre, the singlehanded defender of Taleh, Mohamud Hosh (pictured), the last castellan of Taleh and Jama Biixi Kidin, an abandoned Dervish child prisoner.
Logo of the Puntland Dervish Force, named in honor of the Dervishes
The Khatumo flag features a Dervish rider
References
- ↑ ʻAbdi ʻAbdulqadir Sheik-ʻAbdi (1993). Divine madness: Moḥammed ʻAbdulle Ḥassan (1856-1920). Zed Books. p. 67. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abdullah A. Mohamoud (2006). State Collapse and Post-conflict Development in Africa: The Case of Somalia (1960-2001). Purdue University Press. pp. 60–61, 70–72 with footnotes. ISBN 978-1-55753-413-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press. pp. 35–37. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ↑ "Dervish Resistance movement". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ↑ Hess, Robert L. Italian Colonialism, p 146
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hasan, Mohamed-Rashid S., and Salada M. Robleh 2004. Islamic revival and education in Somalia, Educational strategies among Muslims in the context of globalization: some national case studies, Volume 3, Brill Academic, pages 143, 146-148, 150-152.
Related pages
Other websites
- Sultanates in northern Somalia Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Mad Mullah Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine