Sayid Abdullah Hassan

  • CountrySomalia
  • Town:Mogadishu
  • Rider(s):Sayid Abdullah Hassan

    (1856–1920) was a Somali religious and patriotic leader. He established the Dervish movement that fought a 20-year war against the British, Italian, and Ethiopian empires.

  • Sculptor(s):Unknown
Description:

Following the collapse of the local government in 1991, the statue should have been destroyed by looters and its parts sold as scrap metal.

A copy of the Mogadishu statue stands in Jigjiga (Ethiopia)

Photographers unknown

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