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'''British Somaliland''' (or more fully, '''British Somaliland Protectorate''') was a British protectorate in present-day northwestern '''Somalia''', established in 1888. | '''British Somaliland''' (or more fully, '''British Somaliland Protectorate''') was a British protectorate in present-day northwestern '''Somalia''', established in 1888. | ||
Between 1888 and 1898, it was administered by India, through an Indian Political Officer at Aden called “The Political Resident for the Somali Coast”, assisted by residents at Zaila, Bulhar and Berbera.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/inpursuitmadmul00dixogoog#page/n24/mode/2up Page 4] ''In Pursuit of the 'Mad Mullah"- Service and Sport in the Somali Protectorate'' by Captain Malcolm McNeill 1902 Archive.org</ref> Troops from Aden, part of the Indian Army, (Bombay Army) were garrisoned there. It appears that even prior to 1888, the Indian Government had representatives in Somaliland, see Historical books online below. | Between 1888 and 1898, it was administered by India, through an Indian Political Officer at Aden called “The Political Resident for the Somali Coast”, assisted by residents at Zaila, Bulhar and Berbera.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/inpursuitmadmul00dixogoog#page/n24/mode/2up Page 4] ''In Pursuit of the 'Mad Mullah"- Service and Sport in the Somali Protectorate'' by Captain Malcolm McNeill 1902 Archive.org</ref> Troops from [[Aden]], part of the Indian Army, (Bombay Army) were garrisoned there. It appears that even prior to 1888, the Indian Government had representatives in Somaliland, see Historical books online below. | ||
British Somaliland was then administered by the British Foreign Office until 1905 and afterwards by the Colonial Office. It appears however, that at least some officers from the Indian Army , and to a lesser extent Indian Army soldiers, continued to be posted there. | British Somaliland was then administered by the British Foreign Office until 1905 and afterwards by the Colonial Office. It appears however, that at least some officers from the Indian Army , and to a lesser extent Indian Army soldiers, continued to be posted there. | ||
Revision as of 03:25, 10 June 2017
British Somaliland (or more fully, British Somaliland Protectorate) was a British protectorate in present-day northwestern Somalia, established in 1888.
Between 1888 and 1898, it was administered by India, through an Indian Political Officer at Aden called “The Political Resident for the Somali Coast”, assisted by residents at Zaila, Bulhar and Berbera.[1] Troops from Aden, part of the Indian Army, (Bombay Army) were garrisoned there. It appears that even prior to 1888, the Indian Government had representatives in Somaliland, see Historical books online below.
British Somaliland was then administered by the British Foreign Office until 1905 and afterwards by the Colonial Office. It appears however, that at least some officers from the Indian Army , and to a lesser extent Indian Army soldiers, continued to be posted there.
External links
- British Somaliland Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government. No CLXXXIX New Series: Account of a trip to Mount Eilo on the northern frontier of the Gadafursi country with a sketch map showing the routes by Captain J S King, Assistant Political Resident, Zaila 1886. Zaila (Zeila) is a port city in the northwestern Salal region of Somalia. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune].
- In Pursuit of the 'Mad Mullah"- Service and Sport in the Somali Protectorate by Captain Malcolm McNeill 1902 Archive.org
- The Mad Mullah Of Somaliland by Douglas Jardine, Secretary to the Administration, Somaliland, I916-21. published 1923 Archive.org
- Out of Step: Events in the Two Lives of an Anti-Jewish Camel-Doctor by Arnold Spencer Leese. 1951 Archive.org. Born 1878, during WW1 Leese was an Army Veterinary Surgeon on the Western Front working with horses, with a prior short period in East Africa, and later also purchased camels for the Army in Somaliland. In the late 1920s he became a British Fascist polititian.
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