Dul Madoba

Battle of Dul Madoba
Part of Dervish Movement
British Painting of The Battle of Dul Madoba
Date 4 August 1913 Location Dul Madoba, British Somaliland Result Dervish victory
Belligerents
British Empire	Dervish Movement
Commanders and leaders
Richard Corfield †	Mohamed Abdullah Hassan
Strength
116	2750
Casualties and losses
100 killed 278 wounded	Unknown

Battle of Dul Madoba (Somali: Dulmadoobe) It is the location of a famous battle in which the Dervishes won a victory against the British, during which Ibraahin Xoorane (English: Ibrahim Hoorane) killed Richard Corfield. A native Somali account of the battle is found in the poem Annagoo Taleex naal.

Battle

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

Dul Madoba is a ridge some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Burao in what was then British Somaliland. On the 8th of August 1913 fleeing Dhulbahante tribesmen sought refuge with Corfield who was stationed at Ber with the Camel Constabulary. The Dhulbahante informed him that the Dervish raided their settlements and captured their camel herds. Corfield set out to Punish the Dervish and return the looted Dhulbahante livestock. The battle took place on 9 August 1913. On one side 110 members of the Camel Constabulary of British Somaliland and 300 British allied Dhulbahante tribesmen all under the command of Colonel Richard Corfield faced some 2750 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.

See also

• Dervish Movement

References

• Bartholet, Jeffrey (12 October 2009). "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World". Newsweek. pp. 43–47.
• Jardine, Douglas. The Mad Mullah of Somaliland.
• Skoulding, F.A. (July 1931). "With 'Z' Unit in Somaliland". RAF Quarterly. 2 (3): 387–396.