Mad mullah poems corfield law
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Friday, October 02,2009 (SomalilandPress)-At Dul Madoba, which means Black Hill in Somali, a jihadist known to his enemies as the Mad Mullah enjoyed a great victory in 1913. It is a place and a moment of legend in these parts, but the site remains as it was, a wilderness of thorn bushes and termite mounds. No heroic memorial marks the fläck. No restored ruin, no sturdy plinth holding up a statue. The place is venerated in other ways.
Every Somali with an education knows what happened here, back when the area was a protectorate ruled by British authorities. Some have memorized verses of a classic Somali poem written by the mullah. The gruesome ode is addressed to Richard Corfield, a British political officer who commanded troops on this dusty edge of the empire. The mullah instructs Corfield, who was slain in battle, on what he should tell God’s helpers on his way to hell. “Say: ‘In fury they fell upon us.’/Report how savagely their swords tore you.”
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It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
By Jeffrey Bartholet
NEWSWEEK
October 12, 2009
How Somalia's legendary 'Mad Mullah' prefigured the rise of Osama bin Laden—and the 'forever war' between Islam and the West.
At Dul Madoba, which means Black Hill in Somali, a jihadist known to his enemies as the Mad Mullah enjoyed a great victory in 1913. It is a place and a moment of legend in these parts, but the site remains as it was, a wilderness of thorn bushes and termite mounds. No heroic memorial marks the fläck. No restored ruin, no sturdy plinth holding up a statue. The place is venerated in other ways.
Every Somali with an education knows what happened here, back when the area was a protectorate ruled by British authorities. Some have memorized verses of a classic Somali poem written by the mullah. The gruesome ode fryst vatten addressed to Richard Corfield,
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Muḥammad ibn 'Abdallāh Hassan
Somali Jihadist and anti-colonialist leader (1856–1920)
For other uses of 'Mad Mullah', see Mad Mullah.
Not to be confused with Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), the "Mad Mahdi".
Sayyid Muḥammad Ibn Abdallāh Ibn Hassan | |
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Statue of Muhammad Abdullah Hassan in Mogadishu | |
| In office 21 April 1896 – 21 December 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position destablished |
| Born | Muḥammad Ibn Abdallāh Ibn Hassan (1856-04-07)7 April 1856 Sacmadeeqo Lake, near Buuhoodle, Haud[1] |
| Died | (1920-12-21)21 December 1920 (aged 64) Imi, Ethiopia |
| Cause of death | Influenza |
| Political party | Dervish Movement |
| Spouse | Hasna Doreh |
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| Signature | |
| Title | "Mad Mullah", "Sayyid" |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
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