The warrior Mullah : the Horn aflame, 1892-1920 / Ray Beachey

The volume retraces the history of one of the most important Somali personalities: Mohammed Abdille Hassan, the so called Mad Mullah who fought against British colonial rule in Somaliland at the beginning of the 20th century. Buuggani wuxuu ka hadlayaa taariikhdii mid ka mid ah shakhsiyaadka Soomaaliyeed ee aad u muhim ah, kaasoo ah Ina Cabdulle Xassan oo faranjigu u yiqiin "wadadka waalan". Billawgii qarniga XX ayuuna la dagaallamay gumaysiga Ingiriiska. Il volume ripercorre la storia di una delle più influenti personalità somale: Mohamed Abdille Hassan, il cosiddetto Mullah pazzo che combatté contro l'occupazione britannica del Somaliland all'inizio del XX secolo. From front "Mohammed Abdille Hassan fought for a quarter of a century to keep Somaliland free of European and Ethiopian control and Christian influence. He was, if contemporary evidence is right, a man of immense charisma, a master of desert and guerrilla warfare, an able politician and negotiator, a man of cruel and merciless temperament indifferent to human suffering, driven and sustained by a religious fervour and an unshakeable belief in his authority as a messenger of God... ...It is a fascinating and tragic story of unnecessary deaths and waste, occasions of great courage and self-sacrifice on both sides. The English called him the Mad Mullah. The British dead, like those of the later Greater War, may well have thought their own leaders mad as well." Ray Beachey. Includes Bibliography And Index.