Ahmed Warsama Xaaji Suudi Shabeel الحاج سودي شبيل | |
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 Haji Sudi on the left with his brother in-law Duale Idres. Aden, 1892. | |
| Born | 1858 |
| Died | 1920 |
| Organization | Dervish movement |
| Known for | Commander of the Dervish movement |
Ahmed Warsama, more commonly known as Haji Sudi (Somali: Xaaji Suudi Shabeel; 1858–1920)[1] was one of the leaders behind the Somali Dervish movement.[2] He was also the movement's right-hand man and chief lieutenant till its demise in 1920.[3][4] He is described as the Mullah's right hand in the earlier days of his rise.[5] He hailed from the Adan Madoba sub-clan of the Habr Je'lo clan.
- ^ Imperialism and resistance in the horn of Africa: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and ... By Gerardo Nicolosi.p.281
- ^ Sadler to Salisbury-Correspondence Respecting the Rising of the Mullah Muhammed Abdullah in Somaliland, and Consequent Military Operations, 1899-1901.(published 1901) 88pp.
- ^ Sun, Sand and somals: leaves from the note-book of a district commissioner by Henry Rayne
- ^ Imperialismo e Ressitenza In Corn d'Africa: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan e il derviscismo somalo by Gerarado Nicolos. p. 281
- ^ ISMAY: 3/1/20 1919 May 21 Summary by Ismay (as intelligence officer 1916-18), Burao Somaliland, of intelligence in British Somaliland 1915-Dec 1918, including description of forts; Dervish organisation; Dervish tactics 1914-1917; notes on Dervish personalities (pp 64-74 missing but see 3/1/22); genealogical table of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan); map of portion of Somaliland (scale 1:1,000,000 GSGS 1781, revised 1906). Typescript 116pp and map
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