Hasna Doreh
Hasna Doreh (Somali: Xasna Dooreeh, Arabic: حسناء 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]
Hasna Doreh حسناء دوريه | |
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| Organization | Dervish State |
Biography
Doreh was the wife and commander of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, whom 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.
Notes
- Hoehne, Markus (2011). Political Orientations and Repertoires of Identification: State and Identity Formation in Northern Somalia.
- Beachey, p.76
References
- Beachey, R. W. (1990). The warrior mullah: the Horn aflame, 1892-1920. Bellew. ISBN 0-947792-43-0.
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