Dervish movement (Somali)

Somali Dervish movement Halgankii Daraawiishta
1899–1920
Capital	Taleh
Religion	Islam with Sufism-orientation
Mullah, Sayid[1]
• 1899-1920	Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
History
• Established	1899
• Disestablished	9 February 1920
Preceded by Succeeded by Ottoman Empire Italian Somaliland British Somaliland
Today part of	Somalia  Ethiopia

The Somali Dervish movement (Somali: Halgankii Daraawiishta) was a popular movement that developed in Somaliland between 1899 and 1920. It called for the expulsion of all foreign powers from the Somaliland region in the Horn of Africa.^[2][3]

It was led by the Salihiyya Sufi Muslim poet and militant leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, also known as Sayyid Mohamed. He called for the removal of British and Italian colonies in Somalia, the defeat of Ethiopian forces, the expulsion of Christianity and the establishment of a Muslim Somali state.^[2][3]

1. ↑ ʻAbdi ʻAbdulqadir Sheik-ʻAbdi (1993). Divine madness: Moḥammed ʻAbdulle Ḥassan (1856-1920). Zed Books. p. 67. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Abdullah A. Mohamoud (2006). State Collapse and Post-conflict Development in Africa: The Case of Somalia (1960-2001). Purdue University Press. pp. 60–61, 70–72 with footnotes. ISBN 978-1-55753-413-2.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press. pp. 35–37. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.