The Man They Called 'The Mad Mullah': Father of Somali nationalism | Al Jazeera World Documentary

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@World sayid maxamed had a ashari aqeedah gabay.

Ilaaheennii Jaliilka Ahaa | maktabadda | Af-Soomaaliga

 

[Emir of Zayla]

That was quite an inaccurate re-creation in terms of visuals before i look at the information.

They even got the dervish attire wrong, they actually wore distinctive white garments and patched/sewn robes and carried leather belt pouches and had ammunition strapped around them.

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A Darawish from an African handbok
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Darawish commanders
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A Sahliyyah Tariqa Darawish student

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Infact this dress code was in many way formalized requirement. The patched robes were to symbolize humility detachment from the material world, and spiritual devotion.

They also bore insignias from what i read that was meant to identify them with.

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What is to be a Tariqa member.

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The Tariqa's were instrumental in promoting national unity. It strengthen civic cohesion and that the earlier versions of SYL and other independent movement copied its organization forms and even started to implement things like uniforms or insignias.
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So it's not some stretch to say that he was the father of the Somali modern nationalism.

Also another thing they always frame him as if he was attacking other Somali clans when he was in actuality attacking British positions. When he refers to a specific group in his poems he is talking about the specific ones that collaborate with foreign occupiers not the whole group because he recruited Somalis from all clans and had broad base of alliances.


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Additional images depicting Dervishes:

Battle of Jigjiga (1900) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

https://italiacoloniale.com/dipinto-umberto-ripa-di-meana-2/

 

[Midas]

I was googling some stuff about the mahdists war in Sudan. Since I had slaways assumed from people talking about it that the Sudan magdists state had been a larger and more successful version of the sayyid

But apparently the sayyids army was decently bigger and had way more rifleman. The "mahdi" guy also died only after years and it was the successors who ran stuff for another 14 years.

I cant imagine if the sayyid had emerged a few decades earlier he might have succeeded in unifying Somalia. Since rhe only reason rhe mahdists state was even a little sucessful was that in happened 2 decades before rhe sayyids War and modern technology hasn't advanced yet.

 

[Idilinaa]

Additional images depicting Dervishes:

Battle of Jigjiga (1900) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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https://italiacoloniale.com/dipinto-umberto-ripa-di-meana-2/

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Good find. I remember reading somewhere that they wore red patterned turbans , but the red striped clothing looks interesting too. They definitely should use this to recreate the visual depictions of them.