Dul Madoba

Dul Madoba (Somali: Dul Madooba) is a hill ridge 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Burao in Somaliland. It was also the location of a famous battle in which the dervish won a victory against the British.

Prelude

The Dervish attack on Corfields battalion was initiated by 5 Dervish divisions, namely Shiikhyaale, Taargooye, Golaweyne, Miinanle and Ragxun each with its own commander whilst, the sayyids brother Yusuf led them collectively. The largest battalion, shiikhyaale was commanded by Ismail Mire.[1] In the late 1960s, Ahmed Farah Ali idajaa interviewed a dervish veteran called ina Nur Boos. In the audio recorded interview, dervish veteran ina Nur Boos, states that the person who fired the bullet which killed Corfield was Xirsi Cartan, of the Jama Siad Dhulbahante. The veteran stated that dervishes suffered 350 fatalities and named the other dervish commanders as Abdi Nur Hedik and Warsame Cali Gulaydh, and Xersi Jeedlade, all Maxamud Garad Dhulbahante.

Battle
British camel troopers in 1913, between Berbera and Odweyne in British Somaliland.

The battle took place on 4 August 1913, between 110 men of the Camel Constabulary of British Somaliland and 300 Dhulbahante tribesmen, commanded by Colonel Richard Corfield, and some 2,750 well-armed Dervish followers of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, nicknamed by the British as the Mad Mullah. Thirty-six of the Constabulary including Corfield were killed in action and 21 were wounded. Many of the Dervish were also killed or wounded.[2]

References
  1. Omar Isse, Jama (1976). Taariikhda Darawiishta. Daraawiishtu waxay u kala socotey shan madax oo kala ahaa Shiikhyaale, Taargooye, Golweyne, Miinanle iyo Ragxun... waliba wuxuu lahaa ammaanduule gaar ah, korna waxa magacu u saarnaa Sayidka walaalkiis Yuusuf
  2. Irons, Roy (4 November 2013). Churchill and the Mad Mullah of Somaliland: Betrayal and Redemption 1899-1921 p.156. ISBN 9781783463800.

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