British imperial strategy traded Somali protectorate treaties for trade access to Aden

Evidence

A notable attempt had at least been made to secure Ethiopian goodwill, and Ethiopian recognition had been obtained for the British Somaliland Protectorate within frontiers which were still consistent with the requirements of the trade to Aden. That this had been achieved at the price of unilaterally abandoning protectorate treaties with Somali clansmen, was, of course, unfortunate, but whatever misgivings Rodd himself may have had were reassured when an interview with Lord Salisbury revealed that the Foreign Minister was ‘not much preoccupied by Abyssinian encroachments in Somaliland’. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 190

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Britain valued the Somaliland Protectorate mainly for Aden’s meat supply; British protectorate treaties covered specific northern Somali clans but not the Dulbahante.; A Somali captain rose to govern Zeila through wealth, reputation, and British favor (+6 more)

Related

• Britain valued the Somaliland Protectorate mainly for Aden’s meat supply (similarity 0.88)
• Britain’s Somaliland involvement was purely a meat-provisioning auxiliary to Aden’s garrison (similarity 0.85)
• Britain’s Somali interest was solely the meat supply for Aden (similarity 0.84)
• British protectorate treaties covered specific northern Somali clans but not the Dulbahante. (similarity 0.83)
• A Somali captain rose to govern Zeila through wealth, reputation, and British favor (similarity 0.82)
• Britain in 1897 nearly abandoned its Somaliland protectorate (similarity 0.82)
• British protectorate treaties covered select northern clans and not the Dulbahante (similarity 0.81)
• Britain’s Somaliland commitments ballooned far beyond its minimal original aims (similarity 0.79)
• Britain nearly abandoned its Somaliland Protectorate over cost concerns. (similarity 0.79)
• Somali clans readily accepted British protection as Egypt withdrew (similarity 0.79)
• Britain relinquished the Protectorate almost unconditionally (similarity 0.78)
• British goodwill cheaply surrendered its Somaliland Protectorate in 1960. (similarity 0.78)
• Britain obtained Ethiopian recognition of the Protectorate while ceding no Somali territory to Ethiopia (similarity 0.78)