Haji Sudi

Suudi Shabeele Omar
Xaaji Suudi Shabeel
الحاج سودي شبيل
Haji Sudi on the left with his brother in-law Duale Idres. Aden, 1892.
Born1858
British Somaliland Protectorate (now Somaliland)
Died1920
Taleh, British Somaliland (now Somaliland
OrganizationDervish movement
Known forCommander of the Dervish movement

Suudi Shabeele Omar, more commonly known as Haji Sudi (Somali: Xaaji Suudi Shabeel; 1858–1920)[1] was one of the leaders behind the Somali Dervish movement.[2] He was also the movement's right-hand man and chief lieutenant till its demise in 1920.[3][4] He is described as the Mullah's right hand in the earlier days of his rise.[5] He hailed from the Adan Madoba sub-clan of the Habr Je'lo clan.

  1. ^ Imperialism and resistance in the horn of Africa: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and ... By Gerardo Nicolosi.p.281
  2. ^ Sadler to Salisbury-Correspondence Respecting the Rising of the Mullah Muhammed Abdullah in Somaliland, and Consequent Military Operations, 1899-1901.(published 1901) 88pp.
  3. ^ Sun, Sand and somals: leaves from the note-book of a district commissioner by Henry Rayne
  4. ^ Imperialismo e Ressitenza In Corn d'Africa: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan e il derviscismo somalo by Gerarado Nicolos. p. 281
  5. ^ ISMAY: 3/1/20 1919 May 21 Summary by Ismay (as intelligence officer 1916-18), Burao Somaliland, of intelligence in British Somaliland 1915-Dec 1918, including description of forts; Dervish organisation; Dervish tactics 1914-1917; notes on Dervish personalities (pp 64-74 missing but see 3/1/22); genealogical table of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan); map of portion of Somaliland (scale 1:1,000,000 GSGS 1781, revised 1906). Typescript 116pp and map