Why was Sultan ul tarikeen Sayyid Mohammad Abdullah Shah called Shah Sahib?
Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani and Sultan Bahoo spiritually address him as Shah Sahib. Which is why he is famous with this title as well. Markedly ‘Sultan’ is part of his name which denotes association with the spiritual order of Sultan Bahoo. While ‘Jilani’ depicts his genealogy and ‘Madni’ marks his birth in Madina.
When did Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan return to Berbera?
Statue of Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan in Mogadishu, Somalia. In 1895, Hassan returned to Berbera. The British considered Berbera merely ‘Aden’s butcher’s shop’, since they were only interested in getting regular supplies of meat from Somaliland through this port for their Indian outpost of Aden .
How old was Mohammed Abdullah Hassan when he died?
On 21 December 1920, Hassan died of influenza at the age of 64, his grave is believed to be somewhere close to Imi town of the Somali Region of Ethiopia; however, the exact spot of the Sayid’s grave is unknown.
Where does the word Sayyid come from in Arabic?
In the Arab world, sayyid is the equivalent of the English word ” liege lord ” or “master” when referring to a descendant of Muhammad, as in Sayyid Ali Sultan. The word sidi (from the contracted form sayyidī, ‘my liege’) is often used in Arabic.