:A book about Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the Dervish leader who spearheaded the Somali resistance to British colonial interests in the early twentieth century; known by his followers as the Sayyid ("Master") and in the colonial literature as the "Mad Mullah".
Abdullah II of Jordan | Abdullah Ibrahim | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | Mohammed VI of Morocco | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Ali Abdullah Saleh | Hassan Nasrallah | Ali Mohammed Ghedi | Abdullah Gül | Mohammed Burhanuddin | King Abdullah | Abdullah | Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah | Mohammed Khalid | Mohammed Hayef AlـMutairi | Falah Hassan | Abdullah the Butcher | Abdullah I of Jordan | Sheikh Abdullah | Mohammed Hussein Ali | Hassan II of Morocco | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia | Nazia Hassan | Murtala Mohammed | Mohammed Fairouz | Hassan Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota | Hassan Rouhani | Abdullah Al-Roumi |
The battle took place on 9 August 1913 between the 110 members of the Camel Constabulary of British Somaliland commanded by Colonel Richard Corfield (reduced to 85 by the start of battle) and some 2750 well-armed Dervish followers of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, nicknamed by the British as the Mad Mullah.
In 1915, Sultan Olol Dinle of Kelafo, Sultan Ali Yusuf Kenadid of Hobyo, and the Italian Somaliland government attempted to dislodge the Darwiish forces of Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, who had conquered territory near Beledweyne in their rapid advance southwards.