Bodufenvalhuge Sidi

Bodufenvalhugey Sidi (; born Hussain el-Hussaini; 19 May 1888 – 2 June 1970), or Assayyidhu Bodufenvalhugey Seedhee, was a Maldivian intellectual and writer.

Biography Bodufenvalhugey Sidi, born on 19 May 1888 as Hussain el-Hussaini, was the son of Bodufenvalhugey Dhon Manike and Mohamed Kuda Sidi. He was a poet, and also at one time chief justice. He married eight women and had five surviving children from four of these marriages. His first wife was Bodugalugey Aisha Didi, daughter of Bodugalugey Lhathutthu Didi. Among his descendants are Ahmed Mujuthaba and Mohamed Mustafa, who are both prominent in Maldivian administration and politics.

Bodufenvalhuge Sidi was banished to Hulhudheli in Dhaalu Atoll. Many of his maternal relatives from Addu Atoll regularly stopped at that island for provisions and water on their way to and from Malé. The authorities became suspicious and decided to send him to Maamakunudhoo, the remotest of the northern islands.

In exile in Maamakunudhoo, he continued to pursue his literary work and wrote much of his poetry. It was there that he adopted his pen name of "Himaarul Qawm" or "Donkey of the Nation".