Hasna Doreh [SEP] sex or gender
Hasna Doreh
Hasna Doreh (, ) was an early 20th-century Somali female commander of the Dervish State, 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 the Somali nationalist and religious leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the latter of whom assigned her one of the nine divisions of the Dervish army.
In his biography of Muhammad Abdullah Hassan
subsequently features in several other of Corto's adventures around the world.
See also.
- Haji Sudi- One of the founding members of the Dervish movement and the chief military commander.
- Sultan Nur- Sultan of the Habr Yunis clan and one of the founding members of the Dervish movement and the Dervish Sultan.
- Hasna Doreh – wife of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan.
- Ismail Mire - A soldier and a bard .
- Bashir Yussuf – Somali religious leader who fought against the British alongside Mohammed Abdullah Hassan