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Sayyid
Maxamed
Cabdulle
Xasan,
also
spelled Mohammed
Abdullah
Hassan,
(born
April
7,
1864,
Dulbahante
area, British
Somaliland [now
Doli
Bahanta,
Somalia]—died
Dec.
21,
1920,
Imi,
Ethiopia), 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
Maxamed
is
seen
as
a
forerunner
of
modern
Somali nationalism.
He
also
is
revered
for
his
skill
as
an
oral
poet.
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