Hasna Doreh ( so, Xasna Dooreeh, ar, حسناء دوريه) was an early 20th-century Somali female commander of the

Dervish State The Dervish Movement ( so, Dhaqdhaqaaqa Daraawiish) was a popular movement between 1899 and 1920, which was led by the Salihiyya Sufi Muslim poet and militant leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, also known as Sayyid Mohamed, who called for independe ...

, a state which frequently engaged in battles against the imperial powers during the Somaliland campaign. Female Darwiish such as her were referred to as ''Darwiishaad'' or ''Darawiishaad''.

Biography

Doreh was the wife and commander of

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Sayid Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan ( so, Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan; 1856–1920) was a Somali religious and military leader of the Dervish movement, which led a two-decade long confrontation with various colonial empires including the British, ...

, whom assigned her one of the nine divisions of the Dervish army.Beachey, p.76 In his biography of Muhammad Abdullah Hassan and Hassan's

Dervish Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from fa, درویش, ''Darvīsh'') in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (''tariqah''), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty. The latter usage i ...

comrades, the author Ray Beachey compared Doreh to the ancient

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

Queen Boadicea in her struggle against the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doreh, Hasna African resistance to colonialism African women in war 20th-century Somalian people Somalian military leaders Somalian women Women in war 1900–1945 20th-century Somalian women