Sheikh Bashir

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.

Sheikh Bashir Yusuf
الشيخ بشير يوسف
Personal details
Born1905 (1905)
Taleh, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
DiedJuly 7, 1945(1945-07-07) (aged 39–40)
Geela-eeg, British Somaliland (now Somaliland)
This article is about the Somali religious leader. For the Lebanese Christian militia leader with the same first name and nobility title, see Bashir Gemayel.
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