WRITER
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
1856 - 1920
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
Muḥammad Ibn Abdallāh Ibn Hassan (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الله حسن: Somali: Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan; Osmanya: 𐒉𐒖𐒕𐒕𐒘𐒆 𐒑𐒙𐒔𐒖𐒑𐒑𐒗𐒆 𐒛𐒁𐒆𐒚𐒐𐒐𐒖𐒔 H𐒖𐒈𐒈𐒖𐒒: 7 April 1856 – 21 December 1920) was a Somali, Scholar, Poet, Religious, Political, Social and Military leader who founded and headed the Dervish movement, which led a holy war against British, Italian and Ethiopian intrusions in the Somali Peninsula. He was famously known by the British Empire as the ''Mad Mullah". In 1917, the Ottoman Empire referred him as the "Emir of the Somali People". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan has received more than 669,703 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mohammed Abdullah Hassan is the 2,387th most popular writer (up from 3,048th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Somali Writer.
Memorability Metrics
670k
Page Views (PV)
54.89
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
22
Languages Editions (L)
4.49
Effective Languages (L*)
2.83
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among WRITERS
Among writers, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan ranks 2,387 out of 7,302. Before him are Agathangelos, Taliesin, Ana María Matute, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, and Nikolay Kostomarov. After him are Émile Augier, André Frossard, Charles Berlitz, Akaki Tsereteli, Laura Esquivel, and S. N. Goenka.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAgathangelos
500 - 600
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 2,381
Taliesin
518 - 599
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 2,382
Ana María Matute
1925 - 2014
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 2,383
Kristijonas Donelaitis
1714 - 1780
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 2,384
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
1154 - 1173
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,385
Nikolay Kostomarov
1817 - 1885
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,386
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
1856 - 1920
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,387
Émile Augier
1820 - 1889
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,388
André Frossard
1915 - 1995
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,389
Charles Berlitz
1913 - 2003
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,390
Akaki Tsereteli
1840 - 1915
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2,391
Laura Esquivel
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 2,392
S. N. Goenka
1924 - 2013
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 2,393
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1856, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan ranks 59. Before him are Karl Krumbacher, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Dimitar Blagoev, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, and Louise Catherine Breslau. After him are José Batlle y Ordóñez, Karl Lamprecht, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Ernst Brenner, Alexander Izvolsky, and Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt. Among people deceased in 1920, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan ranks 47. Before him are Alexius Meinong, Amedee Reyburn, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Sarada Devi, Paul Adam, and Luís of Orléans-Braganza. After him are Levi P. Morton, Maria Bochkareva, Nikolai Korotkov, John Wesley Hyatt, Afonso, Duke of Porto, and Grigory Potanin.
Others Born in 1856
Go to all RankingsKarl Krumbacher
HISTORIAN
1856 - 1909
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 53
J.-H. Rosny aîné
WRITER
1856 - 1940
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 54
Dimitar Blagoev
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1924
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 55
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1946
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 56
Jakub Bart-Ćišinski
WRITER
1856 - 1909
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 57
Louise Catherine Breslau
PAINTER
1856 - 1927
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 58
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
WRITER
1856 - 1920
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 59
José Batlle y Ordóñez
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1929
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 60
Karl Lamprecht
HISTORIAN
1856 - 1915
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 61
Princess Isabella of Croÿ
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1931
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 62
Ernst Brenner
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1911
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 63
Alexander Izvolsky
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1919
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 64
Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1918
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 65
Others Deceased in 1920
Go to all RankingsAlexius Meinong
PHILOSOPHER
1853 - 1920
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 41
Amedee Reyburn
SWIMMER
1889 - 1920
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 42
Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1920
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 43
Sarada Devi
PHILOSOPHER
1853 - 1920
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 44
Paul Adam
WRITER
1862 - 1920
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 45
Luís of Orléans-Braganza
NOBLEMAN
1878 - 1920
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 46
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
WRITER
1856 - 1920
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 47
Levi P. Morton
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1920
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 48
Maria Bochkareva
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1889 - 1920
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 49
Nikolai Korotkov
PHYSICIAN
1874 - 1920
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 50
John Wesley Hyatt
INVENTOR
1837 - 1920
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 51
Afonso, Duke of Porto
NOBLEMAN
1865 - 1920
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 52
Grigory Potanin
EXPLORER
1835 - 1920
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 53
In Somalia
Among people born in Somalia, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan ranks 10 out of 58. Before him are Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Iman (1955), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), and Aden Adde (1908). After him are Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Nuruddin Farah (1945), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), and Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948).
Others born in Somalia
Go to all RankingsHassan Sheikh Mohamud
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 4
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2006
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 5
Iman
MODEL
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 6
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2012
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 7
Muse Bihi Abdi
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 8
Aden Adde
POLITICIAN
1908 - 2007
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
WRITER
1856 - 1920
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 10
Nur Hassan Hussein
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2020
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 11
Abdirashid Shermarke
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 12
Ali Mahdi Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2021
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 13
Nuruddin Farah
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 14
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
PHILOSOPHER
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 15
Abdulqawi Yusuf
LAWYER
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 16
Among WRITERS In Somalia
Among writers born in Somalia, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan ranks 2. Before him are Waris Dirie (1965). After him are Nuruddin Farah (1945), and Nadifa Mohamed (1981).
Waris Dirie
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 1
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
1856 - 1920
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 2
Nuruddin Farah
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 3
Nadifa Mohamed
1981 - Present
HPI: 18.83
Rank: 4