France tacitly tolerated arms reaching the Dervishes to weaken Britain

Evidence

At the same time, Sayyid Muhammad was pursuing a minor and rather desultory war against Yusuf ‘Ali, the Sultan of Obbia who, though changeable and equivocal in his attachments, was during this period generally hostile to the Dervishes. Not so the Warsangeli clan within the British Protectorate on the eastern coast, who, under their spirited leader Garad Mahamud ‘Ali Shirre (d. 1960), had now decided to throw in their lot with the Dervishes and in January 1908 fired on a British dhow as it was landing on their coast. This incident provoked a hostile exchange of letters with the Consul at Berbera and it was evident that the Dervishes would soon be on the march again. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 223 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ethiopian emperor Lij Yasu allied with the Dervishes during World War I.; Warsangeli defection to the Dervishes signaled renewed warfare — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 223

Related

• Warsangeli defection to the Dervishes signaled renewed warfare (similarity 0.89)
• British peace assumed the Dervishes were no longer a serious threat (similarity 0.79)
• The Dervish holy war backfired by entrenching alien rule deeper (similarity 0.78)
• The Dervish war left British Somaliland undeveloped and bitterly mistrustful (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Ethiopian emperor Lij Yasu allied with the Dervishes during World War I. #expands (0.80)
• Warsangeli defection to the Dervishes signaled renewed warfare #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 223