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A book about Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the Dervish leader who spearheaded the Somali resistance to British colonial interests in the early twentieth century; known by his followers as the Sayyid ("Master") and in the colonial literature as the "Mad Mullah". This book, which took Abdi more than ten years to complete, examines from a social and historical perspective the rise of the Sayyid and his movement. It consists of an introduction and six chapters.
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| ISBN: | 9780862324445 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Zed Books |
| Pub date: | 01 Aug 1992 |
| DEWEY: | 967.73 |
| DEWEY edition: | 12A |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 240 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Height: | 220mm |
| Width: | 136mm |
| Spine width: | 19mm |
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