INA ABDULLE XASAN THE FIRST SOMALI WARLORD

[The Law26]

He was a bigoted bloody mass murderer, a trait for most Somali leaders. At times, he even went further, and killed Somalis because he couldn’t understand their May-May accent and deemed them not to be Somali enough for him. He killed Sheikh Aweeys in cold blood because he saw him as a rival sect, and be wary of those types of Somalis who justify their monstrosity in a religious context. There is another zealot like him rising from the ashes of the warlords in Mogadiscio.

[Advocator]

^^^^^^ Tell me why I aint suprised !!!!!

In your book Maj. Gen. Jalle M.S.B was a bloody leader.

Then Siyadka was a bigoted bloody mass murderer.

Adiga qofna kaama fakanaayo miyaa..........................?

whats next Xaawo taako was terrorist because she killed 4 Italien soldiers with her rake.

and dhagax tuur is a hypocrite, autocrat, despot, tormenter, persecutor, martinet because when he was trowing rocks at italian, he missed and hit an old lady, who happens to be related to your great granfather.....

seriously man get a life........

[Mad_Dog206]

Afka idin tolmay, qabsinada idin xirmay, wadnahay idin bukay, mindicirka idin gubay, xiniinyaha idin go'may, maskaxda beelo axmaaqyaalyaho axmaqyadu wada dashay. indha iyo dhagaha beela abidkiin baa idin ku daarshee, ma xishoodyaalaha aanu xishoonayn, gaalada gaashu wada dashay, war ma inagoo nool oo hawadaa alla tacaal na wada siiye oo aynu neefsanayno baad ma xishoodo caacdiisa na horkeenteen orda qamrikaad caan u tihiin caloosha ku qooya abidkiin iyo asuulkiinbo ha la gubee.

war ileen ummada islaan bay nala sheeganayaane waxu waa qamroole iyo dhalkiis.

the son of a drunk will always be a drunk.

god bless the Sayid for standin up and halaalizing the drunks

[ERROR]

fellas, let's separate he said she said and baseless hate/luv for this man from what his 1# enemy wrote about him. He was no angel for sure but he was the only resistance to the europian colonizers.

Dhego, somewhere in this text from Armed Conflict Events Data (ACED) it says he occupied Burao and berbera. hargeisa was British stronghold.

Given the frequency and virulence of the Ethiopian raids, it was natural that the first pan-Somali or Greater Somalia effort against colonial occupation, and for unification of all areas populated by Somalis into one country, should have been directed at Ethiopians rather than at the Europeans; the effort was spearheaded by the Somali dervish resistance movement. The dervishes followed Mahammad Abdille Hasan of the puritanical Salihiyah tariqa (religious order or brotherhood). His ability as an orator and a poet (much-valued skills in Somali society) won him many disciples, especially among his own Dulbahante and Ogaden clans (both of the Daarood clan-family). The British dismissed Hasan as a religious fanatic, calling him the "Mad Mullah." They underestimated his following, however, because from 1899 to 1920, the dervishes conducted a war of resistance against the Ethiopians and British, a struggle that devastated the Somali Peninsula and resulted in the death of an estimated one-third of northern Somalia's population and the near destruction of its economy. One of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in the annals of sub-Saharan resistance to alien encroachment, the dervish uprising was not quelled until 1920 with the death of Hasan, who became a hero of Somali nationalism. Deploying a Royal Air Force squadron recently returned from action in combat in World War I, the British delivered the decisive blow with a devastating aerial bombardment of the dervish capital at Taleex in northern Somalia.

*****

Mohammed bin Abdullah Hassan, better known as the Mad Mullah, was born in the interior of Somaliland, some say at Kirrit, in the late sixties, his father an Ogaden Somali, his mother a Somali of the Dolbahanta tribe. His boyhood was much like that of other Somali boys, spent sometimes with his fellow-tribesmen and their stock in the interior, sometimes in Berbera. Now and again, perhaps, he voyaged in some friendly buggalow carrying Somali produce, hides and ghee and sheep, to Aden and the Arabian coast. Be this as it may, when he was about seventeen or eighteen, he determined to see the world, and is said to have enrolled at Aden as a fireman in one of the liners plying between East and West. His employment in this capacity must have greatly influenced his future career. For, doubtless, at Egyptian ports in native caravanserais he often listened awestruck to many a strange story of the Mahdi from the mouths of refugees from the Sudan. Following on his experiences at sea, Mohammed having now fully attained to man's estate, made the pilgrimage to Mecca - a journey which is the common ambition of all Somalis. So impressed was he by what he heard and saw that he made several subsequent journeys to the sacred city, joining the Mohammed Salih, an insignificant but fanatical Mohammedan sect, whose tenets are of a harsh and uncompromising nature as compared with those of the Kadariyah, which is the predominant sect in Somaliland. On his return from the last of these pilgrimages in 1895, he gained some notoriety in Berbera by denouncing certain practices of the Kadariyah to somewhat bored and unsympathetic audiences. With all the strident fervency of a born agitator he would inveigh against the luxury of the age, the immorality of chewing " kat," or the gluttony of gorging the fat of sheep's tail. For a living he depended upon the alms of the charitable; and there is an old Arab woman in Berbera who has often wondered whether he would repay the four annas she lent him in the days of his need should the opportunity ever came. He gained but few adherents among the comparatively sophisticated inhabitants of Berbera, and so in 1899 he repaired to the interior, where he lived in the Nogal valley among his mother's kin. Here he started a movement advocating the expulsion of the British infidel from his Mohammedan country. Many adherents Looked to his banner. Some were fired by his religious and political teaching. Others were attracted by promises of the wealth to be gained by raiding the stock of those tribes which espoused the infidel's cause, others again were inspired by a dual motive, religious and material: they saw an admirable opportunity to lay up for themselves treasure in the Mohammedan paradise by confiscating other tribes' treasure upon earth. For three years the Mullah disciplined his follower", eradicating the tribal feeling, which is normally one of the chief characteristics of the Somalis, and substituting his own authority for that of the elders of the tribes. Then early in 1899 he perpetrated his first overt set of hostility to the British Government. Suddenly swooping down upon Burao, a considerable native centre some eighty miles from Berbera, he raided the wealthy Habr Yunis tribe, and forced a section of the Dolbahanta to join him. After the raid, his fighting men were estimated to number 3000.

To resume, the Mullah followed up his first coup of April 1899 by a further successful foray against the Habr Yunis in August, and he reoccupied Burao with a force estimated at 5000 men. He gave himself out as the Mahdi; and ominous rumours spread foretelling an advance on Berbera. The Consul General urged an expedition on the Home Government, but our commitments elsewhere, more particularly in south Africa, were such as to preclude the immediate adoption of this course. During the first seven months of 1900, the Mullah was comparatively inactive, but in August he suddenly swooped down upon the Aidegalla tribe and caused all the friendly tribes to evacuate the Haud in confusion. Next month the Habr Awal tribe suffered severely at his hands.

It would be superfluous to discuss here in any detail the campaigns which followed. They are exhaustively described in the Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04, published by the War Office in 1907; and it will be sufficient for the purposes of this paper to outline very briefly the general course of events.

The first expedition started in April 1901, and operations terminated in the following July. The force employed consisted of a locally-enlisted and hurriedly-trained levy of 1500 men, of whom 500 were mounted. The casualties inflicted on the Dervishes were estimated at some 1200 killed and wounded, and, in addition, 800 prisoners were taken, including some notable headmen.

The Mullah's power had thus been appreciably shaken, and for a time he remained quiescent. But not for long. In October 1901 he renewed his activities, and, thanks to the illicit arms traffic, he had, by January 1902, not only recovered from his losses, but had forced the majority of the Dolbahanta tribe to return to his standard. By the time our second expedition was launched in June 1902, his following was estimated at 15,000, of whom 12,000 were said to be mounted and 1500 armed with rifles. Against this, our Expeditionary Force consisted of some 2000 rifles, partly King's African Rifles, but principally locally enlisted and locally- trained Somalis. During this expedition, which culminated in the severe but successful action fought at Erigo in October 1902, the Dervishes sustained some 1400 casualties, lost a large number of prisoners and some 25,000 camels, in addition to many sheep, cattle, and horses. But disorganized transport and the shaken moral of the Somali levies prevented the pursuit of the Mullah to his retreat in the Mudug district.

It was now evident that the situation was such as to demand regular and seasoned troops. At the time of the action of Erigo, the force in Somaliland had consisted of 2400 rifles, of which no less than 1500 were local levies. This force was immediately increased by a further contingent of 900 King's African Rifles, and by 300 Indian infantry. A strong column was to advance from Obbia in Italian Somaliland and occupy the Mudug. Another column was to operate on the Berbera-Bohotleh line. And, simultaneously, an Abyssinian fores of 5000 rifles, accompanied by British officers, was to advance along the Webi Shebeli, to prevent the Mullah's retreat westward. The advance from Obbia commenced on the 22nd February 1903; and the enemy immediately fell back on Walwal and Wardair, denying us an opportunity of trying conclusions with his main force. On two occasions, however, small advance parties engaged large forces of Dervishes. At Gumburu, a reconnaissance of two companies of the 2nd King's African Rifles and 48 rifles of the 2nd Sikhs came up with the Mullah's main force, commanded, so it is said, by their chief in person. The fight which ensued appears to have lasted two and a half hours. The Dervishes charged the British square from dense bush some 300 to 600 yards distant, their horsemen and riflemen being driven back time and again with cruel losses. The square was eventually broken by a rush of spearmen, but not before all our ammunition had been exhausted. The Dervish casualties, estimated by some at 2700, are unknown: for no British officer survived to tell the true story of Gumburu. Our casualties were all officers (9) and 187 men killed and 29 men wounded. Another action at Daratoleh - in which were engaged some 800 Dervishes, flushed with their victory at Gumburu, with their leaders wearing the uniforms of the dead British officers - resulted in the infliction of heavy casualties on the enemy, our losses amounting to 2 officers and 13 men killed, and 4 officers and 25 men wounded. In the meantime the Abyssinians inflicted a crushing defeat on the Dervishes, claiming to have killed 1000 of their spearmen. Immediately after this engagement, which took place on the 31st May 1903, the Mullah made a daring but successful movement eastward to the Nogal valley. Unfortunately, however, it was impossible to intercept this movement, as, owing to camel transport and other difficulties, our troops were being withdrawn to Bohotleh.

His Majesty's Government now derided on a further increase to our force in Somaliland in view of the Mullah's position in the Nogal and its proximity to our sphere. More than 8000 troops, of which 1000 were British, were employed, in the hope that the Mullah's power would be permanently shattered. The enemy's force, which numbered between 6000 and 8000 fighting Dervishes, was concentrated at Jidballi, where the Mullah, deriding to make a stand, received a most crushing defeat. His casualties in the actual fight at Jidballi (both January 1904) must have been very large; but far greater were his losses during the course of his subsequent flight northwards to Jidali, and thence eastward into Italian territory. On the other hand, our casualties were slight, except in officers, of whom 3 were killed and 9 wounded, out of a total of 27 killed and 37 wounded of all ranks. It appears that the Mullah only sought sanctuary in Italian territory after receiving solemn assurances of a safe passage from Osman Mahmoud, the Sultan of the Mijjertein, the Italian Somali tribe, who was equally solemnly pledged to us to prevent him from crossing the Italian frontier. Had it not been for this breach of faith, the Mullah would doubtless have had no alternative but to surrender

Thus, this fourth expedition was completely successful in all but bringing the Mullah himself to bay, and so putting an end to his movement. The greater portion of his wealth, which among a desert dwelling nomad people consists of the flocks and herds upon which their very existence depends, had been captured. The moral of his Dervishes as a fighting body had been utterly destroyed; and their numbers, estimated at 6000 to 8000 before Jidballi, could not have exceeded 800 on the conclusion of the campaign. Above all, the Mullah's personal prestige was temporarily shattered; and the discredited refugee in Italian territory must have out a poor figure as compared with the defiant enemy who, during the third expedition, indited the following letter to the British people: - I wish to rule my own country and protect my own religion. If you will, send me a letter saying whether there is to be peace or war. I intend to go from Burao to Berbera I warn you of this - I wish to fight with you. I like war, but you do not. God willing, I will take many rifles from you, but you will get no rifles or ammunition from me. I have no forts, no houses, no country. I have no cultivated fields, no silver, no gold for you to take. I have nothing. If the country were cultivated or contained houses or property, it would be worth your while to fight. The country is all jungle, and that is of no use to you. If you want wood and stone, you can get them in plenty. There are also many ant-heaps. The sun is very hot. All you can get from me is war - nothing else. I have met your men in battle, and have killed them. We are greatly pleased at this. Our men who have fallen in battle have won paradise. God fights for us. We kill, and you kill. We fight by God's order. That is the truth. We ask for God's blessing. God is with me when I write this. If you wish for war, I am happy; and, if you wish for peace, I am content also. But if you wish for peace, go Solvay from my country back to your own. If you wish for war, stay where you are. Hearken to my words. I wish to exchange a machine gun for ammunition. If you do not want it, I will sell it to some one else. bend me a letter saying whether you desire war or peace."

In March 1905, the Illig or Pestalozza Agreement was concluded between the Italian Government and the Mullah, whereby peace was declared between the Dervishes on the one hand and the British and Italian Governments on the other. The Mullah was assigned a port and certain territories in Italian Somaliland, beyond which he and his Dervishes undertook not to encroach. The Mullah also agreed to become an Italian protected subject. This agreement was, however, nullified soon after it was concluded, as the Mullah left Italian territory, and by 1907 had re-established himself on the British side, raiding and looting far and wide.

By [1907], he was again militant and initiated another jihad. Called the "Mad Mullah" by the British, he had about 10,000 followers who terrorized the entire area, killing almost a third of the maile population. Left controle of the interior by the British (1910), he nonetheless attacked coastal Somaliland. In 1913, Salihiyah forces annihilated the British-led Somali Camel Constabulary at Dul Madoba; during World War I, with Turkish and German support, they harassed the British from a stronghold at Taleh. Bombed out of Taleh in 1920, the Mad Mullah fled to Ethiopia, where he died. The Salihiyah dissolved, but in some Somali areas the Mad Mullah continued to be regarded as a hero of wars of national liberation.

[ERROR]

here's his most popular poem after he killed the commander of the invading army.

http://www.somalinet.com/mag/?article=192&CatID=11

Adaa Koofilow jiitayaan dunida joogayne
Adigaa jidkii lagugu wadi jimic la'aaneede
Jahannama la geeyow haddaad aakhiruu jahato
Nimankii jannow kacay war bay
jirin inshaalleye
Jameecooyinkii iyo haddaad jowhartii aragto
Sida Eebbahay kuu jirrabay mari jawaabteeda

Daraawiish jigraar naga ma deyn taniyo jeerkii dheh
Ingiriis jabyoo waxaa ku dhacay jaciyo baaruud dheh
Waxay noo janjuunteenna waa jibashadiinnii dheh

Jigta weerar bay goor barqaa nagu jugsiiyeen dheh
Anigana Jigray ila heleen shalay jahaadkii dheh
Jeeniga hortiisay rasaas igaga joojeen dheh

Jiraayaday ila dhaceen jilic afkoodii dheh
Siday kuugu jeexeen magliga jararacdii sheego
Billaawuhu siduu kuu jarjaray jiirarka u muuji

Nafjeclaysigii baan ku iri jaallow iga daa dheh
Jaljalleecadii baa wadnaha jeex ka soo ruqay dheh
Jeedaaladii baa indhuhu kor u jillaadmeen dheh

Jimic kagama helin tuugmadaan jiriyey ruuxii dheh
Markaan juuq iraahdaba afkay iga jifeeyeen dheh
Dhaxaan jalaacaye dheg baan jalaq la ii siin dheh

Goortaan jarreerana gefoo nolol ka jaan qaaday
Sidii janannadii hore tashigu igu jaguugnaa dheh
Taladii jinnigu ii hor kacay jaasadeed helay dheh

Jiidaha xanuunka leh markii la igu jeeraarshey
Jibaadka iga soo baxay dadkii jiifka qaban waa dheh
Markay rubaddu jaw tiri or bay iga ag jiibsheen dheh

Jirkaygii bahal baa cunoo jiitay hilibkii dheh
Jurmigiyo baruurtii dhurwaa
jugux ka siiyaa dheh
Jiljilladiyo seedaha tukay igaga jaadeen dhen

Haddaan lays jigraarayn tokay laga jil roonaa dheh
Waligoodba waa lagu jaraa jilib dhig duullaan dheh
Daraawiishna waa jibindhow iyo jawga soo bixi dheh

[DamallaXagare]

He had shortcomings but not to that extent.

[ERROR]

Here's what I found after reading the 1st three paragraphs of the above piece:

The invaders admitted fighting with sayid mohamed using:

1- Europeans
2- Ethipians (abysinia)
3- Other Africans
4- Somalis
5- Indians (even sikhs)

He was using mostly loyalists from his mother's side.

So this man and his soldiers fought the first documented freedom fight against europian invaders.

He was no saint but his cause was justifiable. RESISTANCE

[The Law26]

What has the butchering Somalis and Muslim Sheikhs in the South got to do with the British? Yes, he fought the Brits and along the way murdered 1000's of innocent Somalis for trivial reasons such as he couldn't understand their Somali accent. What has Sheikh Aweeys and the May-May people got to do with the Brits?

He is not my hero and nor do I care about the tribal loyalty given to such people, deal with it guys and never expect me to conform to Afweeyne's revission of Somali history.

[Galol]

Advocator & Daarods

I do not blame you for lionising the useless cowardly glutton but plaese do not be surprised if non-daarod Somalis do not sing his praises - for that is the bottomline.

I am proud of that era not because of ina Abdille Hassan but because my clan the Isaqs for once in their history made a correct, rational decision which was not to side with this murderous moronic thug.

Remember they are easily capable of making a grand, emotional decison to plump for nationalism, Somalism or to be fair an equally emotional decision the other way. In 1960 when they decided to give away their independence without negotiation they were actually turned down by cool rational, Hawiye/Rhanwein politicians who saw no tactical or strategic interest in `diluting' their newly gained political power by bringing this `northern' chunk into the dynamics. They viscerally believed, rightly as history proved that they will add to the Darrod/Isaq `Northern' power base thus replacing the Southern elites.

They actually brought their country on the table and offered it without pre-conditions and were turned right down! Never happened before or after in world political history.

So they demontrated outside the House carrying blue union flags and the Souths only accepted the union after the Southern public discovered what happened and were outraged. Thousands came to the Parliamant Sq and demanded the surrender to be accepted. Some courageous Southern Politicians like Soobbe addrssed the outraged crowds explaining why it is wrong to accept Northerners into somalia! I aint kidding you. In the end the surrender was complete: they were not given a single major post in teh first national government except education which was given to Egal who promptly saw it as an insult and turnred it down. So the Wallaweyns took that too! Not one Iidoor, Gasdabursi or Somaliland Kombo was given a major post. This proves the iidoors are willing to make incredible suicidal gestures of nationalism if they choose to.

With the Sayyid they realised he was crazed moron with weird agenda and refused to support him. He also decided very early on they were enememies and attcked them(he knew he will not win Somaliland without Iidoor support he was right)

Their majestic stance against this bigot was summed up by Ali Jama Habil. He explained the unease Isaqs felt about siding with a gaal against their own and reassured them why their stance was right " A man who does not deal with you in pure Islmaness... ain't a an Infidel who treats your vulnerable with respect a better choice?"(Muslinnimo ninkan kugula dhaqan Muuminnimo khaas ah gaal maxasta kuu dhowra aad magansataa dhaama"

Beautiful. Even then some Isaqs did join him and many northern Daaroods opposed him. This idea of clear-cut divide is a modern spin from supremacist Darodist fascist intellectuals who want tom invent of Daarood nationalism something that never really existed.

Half the dhulbhante for example hated the Sayyid while the other half were diehard supporters. The chant from the dhulos beauties of the time is telling " Carrooy curudkaaga waa...carrooy caano ha dhadhamnin(Arro may your firstborn Die...arro may you never taste the sweetness of milk" . Arro was sayyids Dhulos mother and her firstborn is him!

The Mijerteins, rational and calculating as ever, accepted bungs from Italians and fought him desperately. Even some from his own subclan the Ogadens opposed him. On the otherside who habrjeclo? subclamn sided with him. I think they were either Adan madobe or Yusufs. Out of teh 13 `Most Wanted' Drawish terrorists 3 were from this Habrjeclo subclan(Sudi shabelle is the most famous) I think 4 were Isaqs, one Hawiye and the rest daaroods. None were Marehan or mijertein.

Now to his uselessness. the Britsih simply upped sticks and left during teh fisrt worl war leaving Somaliland completely undefended. They gave guns to the Isaq subclans who naturally turned on each other with some glee as is Somali culture. But the Sayyid failed to invade a single Isaq village let alone a major town like Burao, Berbera, hargeisa, Sheikh or erigavo. He paid for this milatary and political failure dearly when the Brits victorious and more confident than ever returned and routed the evil bugger.

[The Law26]

Galol

"Advocator & Daarods

I do not blame you for lionising the useless cowardly glutton but plaese do not be surprised if non-daarod Somalis do not sing his praises - for that is the bottomline."

Who told you my great ancestor wasn't from the Somali Daarood tribe? And what does he got to do with my own opinions in my time? Well, your opinions are based from a biased viewpoint of your tribe, but not mine.

[Galol]

law

I think you overestimating yourself here old chap. I did not even notice your post in this thread. I was adressing others as you can clearly, not see.

But you are right some of us do like honesty.

[ERROR]

thelaw, as i said many times, Sayid Mohamed was not a siant and the only reason I posted these texts is that the man was a btutal killer doesn't mean his patriotic history should be erased and our next generations be denied the truth about his struggle.

He butchered every clan/subclan who questioned his authority. That was how the world was at that time. Most famous warriors in history were just like him if not worse.

I agree with you that he killed thousands and thousands of innocent Somalis but he had another face too which kept the euros at bay for so long. Whether we change history or not, sayig mohamed was the ONLY man and one of the few who resisted total domination by the europians. His struggle has a permanent makr in history and nothing we say will change it.

My whole point is give the man the credit he deserves

[Galol]

Error

Wil you say teh same about Ceydid then?

And BTW just for accuracy he never kept the Euros at bay. He did not `liberate' a single village.

This was a Darrod attcak on Isaqs, using religion as a cloak, nothing more nothing less. Prove? If he was such a nationalist freedom fighter why didn't he start his war against the Ethiopians in his own home area?

Why stick his humnogous arse in somaliland where his clansmen re a tiny minority?

Yes he was another darood warlord and thankfully we defeated him too.

[KUN-DILE]

Mohamed Cabdille Xassan ma intii hore inuu dadka khiyaali u dhigay, mise intii danbe ee u wajigiisa runta ahaa dadka tusay. intii hore dadku badi waa rumeysteen
oo waa ku taageereen. But the turning point of the movement was when the Mad Mullah turned it into a clanish Coffee shop, a replica of the Afweyne regime.

In the end, even his righthand man Ismail Mire deserted him. This is what Ismail Mire had to say:

Kaakici wadaadkii dagaal laguna kaalmeeye
Kumanyaal laguug duub cad buu keenay Beerdhiga e
Waxse kadabkii go'ay maalintuu kaday raggiisiiye
Kabaalkiisii baa jabay markuu kariyey Reer Kheyre
Ragow kibirka waa lagu kufaa kaa ha la ogaado

Cali Dhuux, another Dhulbahante, a long time enemy of the Mad Mullah rejoiced upon hearing the defeat of the Mullah at the hands of the combined Isaaq forces at Qorexay in Kilka Shanaad. This is what Cali Dhuux had to say ululating the defeat:

Waa lagu Digtaa Ruux haduu ku Darnaanjiree
Bal Dayaay Wadaadkii Wakaa Sii Dabayshadaye

Mohamed Abdilleh Xassan's legacy can be summed up with 3 people that he had many things in common with. They are Elijah Mohamed, Hef Henver and the criminal warlords that had rec havoc in southern Somalia.

1. The Madmullah was as religious as Elijah Mohammed - the founder of the Nation of Islam sect, and who apparently convinced a lot of disadvantaged homeless black converts into thinking that he was a Prophet. The Madmullah on his part, was a beer drinking, and brainwashed a bunch of illiterate nomads into thinking he was the "Seyid/Wasdaadka" or " the Chosen One" to the point they would swear on his name.

2. He was as a Pimp as much as the Hef Henver - the founder of Playboy magazine. Like Hef Henver, The mullah used to house 5 or 8 concubines (women who were not legally his wives) as his misteresses. On top of that he used to take a nights out his champanion's wives.

3. And he was as ruthless as the criminal warlords of today's Somalia. Like the Warlords, he used to steal the nomads and used to build roadblocks (Isbaarooyin) where he used to extort money and other valuables from the innocent. Like the warlords, he used to cry clanish battlecry when he needed to invade other clans. And like the warlords, he used to have a close relations with the then Xabashi Kingdom who used to provide him the homegrown Xabashi beer and weapons. In fact, his own son, his eldest son who was named Abdirahman Mohamed Abdille Xassan was rewarded a ministerial position in Haile Salasee's PAN Ethiopia kingdom. To Haile Salase, Mohamed Abdille Xassan was a symbol of what sort of Somali he wanted to see, a loyal obidient xabashi slave.


But that said, the Mad Mullah was a great poet, gaal dil gartiina sii. This is one of his great poems ee uu tiriyey sidii uu ugalay Dhabayacadda

Inaan Bile tagoogada ka xidhay, tebiya oo geeya
Inuu xaarka taallada ka dhigay, tabiya oo geeya
Inaad gaalo taag daran tihiin, tebiya oo geeya
Labamaare inuu tiirsan yahay, tebiya oo geeya
Shanle-dheere inuusan wax tarin, tebiya oo geeya
CabdiRaxiin inuusan tol helin, tebiya oo geeya
Daraawiishi inaysan tureyn, tebiya oo geeya
In Ustaadku tiir-dhaadan yahay, tebiya oo geeya

[kambuli]

Let alone a known Daarood, but those who are suspected to be Daarood or not bashing Darood are attacked in this site..... Remember weerarkii Cirka iyo dhulka ahaa ee la igu qaaday two weeks ago?

Just Imagine if Sayid hailed from the tribes of those who are crying now?
Just Imagine

The history of Somaia can't be wiped out... yes we can wipe out our cities, our infrastructure, our buildings etc but not the History.

Kurbo culus baa idin haysee iska nasta....yrs and yrs ayaad ka qaylineyseen this site... did you change anything? No.... the history will stay........

Isn't is it sad when you open what some of us write... it is only about bashing another qabiil... Walaahay qaar idinka mid ah, marka aan arko magacooda I already know what they would say.... God how do you sleep? Nightmares.....