Italian arms and local allies pacified the Benadir coast by 1909

Evidence

The Administration consolidated this significant access of support by creating an auxiliary force of tribal police called the ‘Geledi Band’ to aid their regular forces (made up chiefly of Arabs and Eritreans under Italian officers). By 1909 the coastal area bounded by the Juba and Shebelle rivers and the sea had been effectively pacified and respect for Italian authority had grown. Slavery was also now virtually under satisfactory control. Prior to this date, Tommaso Carletti, Governor of Somalia from 1907–10, reports that hostility towards the new colonizers was such that a European could not venture outside any of the coastal towns without an escort of armed soldiers with fixed bayonets. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 252

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Italy subdued the Benadir by treaty, bribes, and moderate force by 1920 — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 258

Related

• Italy subdued the Benadir by treaty, bribes, and moderate force by 1920 (similarity 0.89)

Broader Connections

• Italy subdued the Benadir by treaty, bribes, and moderate force by 1920 #corroborates (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 258