Picture No | 10006829 |
Date | 1856-1920 |
Description | Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, The Mad Mullah |
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Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somali religious and nationalist leader, nicknamed The Mad Mullah by the British. He was a Moslem fanatic, claiming to be the incarnation of Mahomet, who defied Anglo-Abyssinian attempts to capture him.
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Source | Frank Feller in The Sphere, 24 August 1901, page 223 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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