Bearded man in a headdress (turban) - Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
or Sayyid Muhammad `Abd Allah al-Hasan (Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle
Xassan) (1856 - 1920) known by the British as the ‘Mad Mullah’.
Obverse lettering
BANKIGA DHEXE
EE SOOMAALIYA
1000
SHILIN
SOOMAALI (Translation: Central Bank of Somalia, 1,000 Somali Shillings)
Reverse lettering
البنك المركزي في الصومال
CENTRAL BANK OF
SOMALIA
١٠٠٠
شلن
صومالي (Translation: Central Bank of Somalia, 1,000 Somali Shillings)