rival of the Sayyid and leader of the Benadir revolt Bashir Yussuf – Somali religious leader who fought against the British alongside Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi – Somali Imam and General of the Sultanate of Adal Sheikh Madar leader of the Qadiriyya tariqa and scholarly rival/opponent of the Salihiyya and Dervish John Gough – Awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions as a column commander during the Third Somaliland Expedition against Hassan. Alexander Stanhope Cobbe – Awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions at Erego 1902. Adrian Carton de Wiart – British army officer who lost an eye attacking a fort at Shimbiris in 1914 Notes References Abdisalam Issa-Salwe, The Failure of The Daraawiish State, The Clash Between Somali Clanship and State System, paper presented at the 5th International Congress of Somali Studies, December 1993 Abdi Sheik Abdi, Divine Madness: Mohammed Abdulle Hassan (1856–1920), Zed Books Ltd., London, 1993 Battersby, Henry Francis Prevost. Richard Corfield of Somaliland (1914), ASIN: B000WFUQT8. Jaamac Cumar Ciise, Taariikhdii Daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan, (1895–1921), Wasaaradda Hiddaha iyo Tacliinta Sare, edited by Akadeemiyaha Dhaqanka, Mogadishu, 1976. Jardine, Douglas J., The Mad Mullah of Somaliland, H. Jenkins, 1923. McNeill, Malcolm, In Pursuit of the 'Mad' Mullah, 1902. Said S. Samatar, Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism: The Case of Sayyid Mahammad Abdille Hasan, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982 (analyzes Mahammad Abdille's poetry and assesses his nationalist and literary contributions to the Somali heritage) Silberman, Leo. "The 'mad' Mullah: Hero Of Somali Nationalism." History Today (Aug 1960) 10#8 pp 523–534. Skoulding, F.A. With 'Z' Unit in Somaliland, RAF Quarterly 2, no.3, (July 1931), pp. 387–396. Swayne, H.G.C., Seventeen Trips through Somaliland and a visit to Abyssinia: With Supplementary preface on the 'Mad Mullah' risings, 1903. Somali nationalists Somalian politicians 1856 births 1920 deaths Somalian Muslims Somalian religious leaders Deaths from Spanish flu Darod