Sheikh Bashir

Sheikh Bashir Yusuf
الشيخ بشير يوسف
Personal details
Born1905 (1905)
Taleh, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
DiedJuly 7, 1945(1945-07-07) (aged 39–40)
Buur Dhaab, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)

Sheikh Bashir Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Hassan (Somali: Sheekh Bashiir Sheekh Yuusuf Sheekh Xasan, Arabic: الشيخ بشير الشيخ يوسف الشيخ حسن, born c. 1905) was a Somali religious leader famed for leading the 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion against the British colonial authority in Somaliland.[1]

  1. ^ Abdullahi, Abdurahman (2017). Making Sense of Somali History: Volume 1. Adonis and Abbey Publishers. p. 82.