Battle of Dul Madoba
Part of Dervish Movement

British Painting of The Battle of Dul Madoba
Date4 August 1913
Location
Dul Madoba, British Somaliland
Result Dervish victory
Belligerents
British Empire British Empire Dervish Movement
Commanders and leaders
British Empire Richard Corfield † Mohamed Abdullah Hassan
Strength
116 2750
Casualties and losses

100 killed

278 wounded		 Unknown

Battle of Dul Madoba (Somali: Dulmadoobe)[1] 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.[2] A native Somali account of the battle is found in the poem Annagoo Taleex naal.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Buuraha Dulmadoobe (Dulmadoobe Buuraha) Map, Weather and Photos - Somalia: hills - Lat:9.1 and Long:45.8667". www.getamap.net. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Xasan, Sayid Maxamad Cabdille; Ciise, Jaamac Cumar (2005). Taariikhdii daraawiishta iyo (in Somali). p. 275.
  3. ↑ Research in African Literatures. 11 (4): 462. 1980. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Laurence, M. (2003). Heart of a Stranger. Canada: University of Alberta Press.pp.44-45
  5. ↑ Irons, Roy (4 November 2013). Churchill and the Mad Mullah of Somaliland: Betrayal and Redemption 1899-1921 p.156. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781783463800.
  • 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.


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