Hasan, Muhammad Abdille Sayyid

A Dictionary of World History | 2000 | 503 words | Copyright

Hasan, Muhammad Abdille Sayyid (1864–1920) Somali nationalist leader, known to the British as the ‘Mad Mullah’. He believed that Christian colonization was destructive of Islamic faith in Somaliland and in 1899 he proclaimed a jihad (holy war) on all colonial powers. Between 1900 and 1904 four major expeditions by the British, Italians, and Ethiopians failed to defeat him. After a truce (1904–20) he resumed war again and was routed and killed by a British attack in 1920.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Hasan, Muhammad Abdille Sayyid." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Hasan, Muhammad Abdille Sayyid." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HasanMuhammadAbdilleSayyd.html

"Hasan, Muhammad Abdille Sayyid." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HasanMuhammadAbdilleSayyd.html

Learn more about citation styles