Recognized Akils served as the link between District Commissioners and Somalis

Evidence

At the same time, although there was no pervasive system of indigenous chiefs and consequently no basis for a true system of indirect rule, titular clan leaders and the elders of lineages were in many cases officially recognized by the Administration and granted small stipends. As in Somalia, these leaders, usually known by the Arabic title ‘Akil’, provided the link between the District Commissioner and the people of his district. And to aid the mass of court work to which District Commissioners found themselves unrewardingly committed by the Somali love of litigation and the frequent clan and lineage quarrels, these government Akils and ‘chiefs’ (as they were sometimes misleadingly called) were granted limited judicial powers and thus furnished a rudimentary system of subordinate courts. Their authority, however, was very small, and religious issues and matters of personal status involving Islamic law were left to the care of Muslim magistrates (Kadis). — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 292

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains ‘Akil’, the Arabic title for government-recognized lineage leaders and their limited judicial role.
• XREF: connects to: British replaced Akils courts with customary-law Subordinate Courts fitting Somali egalitarianism — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 363

Related

• British replaced Akils courts with customary-law Subordinate Courts fitting Somali egalitarianism (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• British replaced Akils courts with customary-law Subordinate Courts fitting Somali egalitarianism #expands (0.45) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 363