Hasna Doreh Explained

Hadsan Doreh
Arabic: حادسن دوريه
Birth Date:1860s
Birth Place:Hobyo
Death Place:Taleh Dervish State
Spouse:Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
Organization:Dervish State
Party:Dervish movement

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

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.

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hoehne . Markus . Political Orientations and Repertoires of Identification: State and Identity Formation in Northern Somalia . 2011 .
  2. Beachey, p.76