Dul Madoba () is a hill ridge southeast of

Burao Burao, also spelt Bur'o or Bur'ao (; so, Burco, , ar, برعو) is the capital of the Togdheer region and the second largest city in Somaliland. Burao was also the third largest city of Somalia. Burao was the site of the declaration of an in ...

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. Dul Madoba is located at an elevation of 922 metres above sea level. It was also the location of a famous battle in which the Dervishes won a victory against the British, and wherein Ibraahin Xoorane ( en, Ibrahim Hoorane) killed Richard Corfield. A native Somali account of the battle is found in the poem '' Annagoo Taleex naal''.

Ibraahin Xoorane and Corfield

Dervish veterans of the Dul Madoba battle have claimed that Ibraahin Xoorane ( en, Ibrahim Hoorane) killed Richard Corfield: Taariikhdii daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamad Cabdille Xasan, Jaamac Cumar Ciise · 2005 , PAGE 275 The colonial version of events leading to the death of Richard Corfield at the hands of Ibraahin Xoorane ( en, Ibrahim Hoorane) is as follows:

Battle

Engelse kameelruiters - English camel troopers

Five British-friendly tribes were reported looted by Dervishes. This was followed by a battle that took place on 4 August 1913, between 116 men of the Camel Constabulary of

British Somaliland British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate ( so, Dhulka Maxmiyada Soomaalida ee Biritishka), was a British protectorate in present-day Somaliland. During its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Somalia, French So ...

, commanded by Colonel Richard Corfield, with the initially accompanying Dhulbahante tribesmen not partaking in the fight, and some 2,750 well-armed

Dervish Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from fa, درویش, ''Darvīsh'') in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (''tariqah''), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty. The latter usage i ...

personnel lead by

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Sayid Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan ( so, Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan; 1856–1920) was a Somali religious and military leader of the Dervish movement, which led a two-decade long confrontation with various colonial empires including the British, ...

, 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 Dervishes were also killed or wounded.

References

Bartholet, Jeffrey. ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'', Newsweek, Oct. 12, 2009
pp. 43–47. * Battersby, Henry Francis Prevost. ''Richard Corfield of Somaliland'' (1914), ASIN: B000WFUQT8. *Jardine, Douglas. ''The Mad Mullah of Somaliland''. *Skoulding, F.A. ''With 'Z' Unit in Somaliland'', RAF Quarterly 2, no.3, (July 1931), pp. 387–396. Mountains of Somaliland Geography of Somaliland {{Somaliland-geo-stub