Hadsan Doreh حادسن دوريه | |
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Born | 1860s |
Died | |
Organization | Dervish State |
Political party | Dervish movement |
Spouse | Mohammed Abdullah Hassan |
Hadsan Doreh (Somali: Xaadsan Dooreeh, Arabic: حادسن دوريه) was an early 20th-century Somali female commander of the Dervish State, a state which frequently engaged in battles against the imperial powers during the Somali campaign. Female Darwiish such as her were referred to as Darwiishaad or Darawiishaad.[1]
Biography
[edit]Doreh was the wife of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, who assigned her one of the nine divisions of the Dervish army.[2]
In his biography of Muhammad Abdullah Hassan and Hassan's Dervish comrades, the author Ray Beachey compared Doreh to the ancient British Queen Boadicea in her struggle against the Roman Empire.[citation needed]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Beachey, R. W. (1990). The warrior mullah: the Horn aflame, 1892-1920. Bellew. ISBN 0-947792-43-0.