Anjeel was a large tree just southwest of Eyl in Nugaal province of Somalia. The leader of the Darwiish, Sayyid Mohamed, referred to it as "The Tree of bad Counsel". It was named as such because of a meeting where a coup was planned beneath the tree in early 1910.
Conspirators
In this meeting several senior members of the Daraawiish called for sedition in one way or another. Individuals who took part in this conspiracy include:
Haaji Hasan 'Awl, Darwiish governor
Abdalla Qoriyow, who was the Darwiish magistrate in Taleh
Ahmad Fiqi, who was a Darwiish theologian
Faarah Mahamuud Sugulle, who was head of the haroun and the wealthiest person in the Daraawiish
'Abdalla Shihiri, who was a Darwiish envoy
Nur Hashi, who was a khusuusi
Three plans were put forth, including killing the Sayyid and replacing him with a new leader, replacing him without killing him, and deserting the Darwiish en masse. At the end, the third plan was carried out.
Notification
The Sayyid was informed about the conspiracy by a man of the Jama Siyaad subclan called Shire Cumbaal, also spelled Shire Umbaal. The exact words spoken by Shire Cumbaal was:
Aftermath
Due to Shire Umbaal's defection from the seditious meeting, and the subsequent notification, the Daraawiish managed to capture many leading conspirators. Haan 'Awl was subsequently killed. Farah Mohamud Sugulle as the leader of Anjeel who sought to usurp the Sayyid's position had his father killed, although his own life was spared. Qoriyow was punished by the decision to have him demoted by stripping him of his previous position. Other figures had fled. The Reer Khalaf, a Majeerteen subclan who had previously been of the Taargooye wing of Darwiish, joined the defectors. As such, they were decimated in retaliation. Confrontations between Darwiish defectors and persistent Darwiish endured for a couple of years, but among the most prominent of these confrontations was the Hadega battle in March 1910 wherein the defectors had been aided by the Issa Majeerteen tribe. Nonetheless, at Hadega, notable casualties occurred on both sides, with Nur Dolbas and Adan Egal dead on the defectors side and Darwiish leaders Shire Umbaal and Adam Maleh were dead on the Darwiish side, with Shire Umbaal later being described by Robert Crewe-Milnes as "a very important leader of the Dervishes". Another Darwiish leader Nur Hidig, the father of Qusuusi member Abdi Nur Hidig, was permanently debilitated from wounds sustained at this battle.
