Sayyid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan
(English spelling: Mohammed Abdullah
Hassan; born April 7, 1864, Doli Bahanta,
Somalia, died December 21, 1920 in Imi,
Ethiopia) was Somalia's religious and
nationalist leader (called the "Mad Mullah"
by the British, although he was neither mad
nor a mullah) who for 20 years led armed
resistance to the British, Italian, and
Ethiopian forces in Somalia. Read more
Ahmad Ibrihim Ghazi (Axmed Guray)
Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c.1506 -
February 21, 1543) was an Imam and
General of Adal who defeated Emperor
Lebna Dengel of Ethiopia. Nicknamed Gran
(Gurey in Somali) "the left-handed", he
embarked on a conquest which brought
three-quarters of Ethiopia under the power
of the Muslim Kingdom of Adal from
1529-43. Read more
Abdilahi Sh. Ismail the Foreign
minster and the second prime
minister. He was appointed to that
position December 1, 2004.
He was also the foreign minister of
Somalia mid 1990 and ex Somali
ambassador to Russia during Siyad
Barre regime. Read more
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (Somali:
Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal)
(1928-2002) was a Somali politician.
Prime Minister of Somalia, 1960;
1967-1969.
Foreign Minister of Somalia, 1967-1969.
President of the Republic of Somaliland,
1993-2002. Read more
Dahir Rayaleh Kahin (Somali: Daahir
Riyaale Kaahin) (born Daher Rayaleh
Kahin in 1952) is the president of the
self-declared Republic of Somaliland. He
became the third president of
Somaliland on May 5, 2002, after the
death of Ibrahim Egal. Read more
Three political parties are in
Somaliland: United Peoples'
Democratic Party UDUB, Kulmiye
and UCID For Justice and
Development.
Somali land
The Battle of Adowa (also known as Adwa or
sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was
fought on 1 March 1896 between Ethiopia and
Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray.
It was the climactic battle of the First
Italo-Abyssinian War. Read more
Adal was a sixteenth century Sultanate located
in East Africa north of Northwestern Somalia.
Prior to its invasion of Ethiopia under Ahmad ibn
Ibrihim al-Ghazi in 1527, it was a province of
the Walashma Dynasty of Somalia. At its
height, the sultanate controlled large portions of
what is now Ethiopia and Somalia. Read more
Ifat was a Muslim sultanate of
eastern Shewa, located in modern
day Ethiopia. The historian al-Umar,
records that it was near the Red Sea
coast, and states its size as 15 days
travel by 20 days travel; its army
numbered 15,000 horsemen and
20,000 foot. Al-Umar also credits it
with seven "mother cities":
Belqulzar, Kuljura, Shimi, Shewa,
Adal, Jamme, and Laboo.[1] Modern
historians believe its borders
included Fatagar, Dawaro and Bale;
this gave Ifat control of the trade
route inland from Zeila, making it a
major commercial power. Read more
Ahmed M. Mahamoud (Silanyo), 2003
candidate for President of Somaliland,
Chairman of The Kulmiye Party.
Secondary Level Schools: Sheikh and
Amoud (1946-1957)
Advanced Level: GCE Examinations,
London (1958-1960). Read more
Faisal Ali Waraabe born 1947 in
Hargeisa Somaliland.
Current position(s): Chairman, Justice
and welfare party of Somaliland (UCID)
He graduated M Sc in Engineering at
St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
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The Walashma dynasty was a
Muslim noble family who ruled parts
of what is now eastern Ethiopia,
Djibouti, southern Eritrea and
western Somalia. Read more