The British proclaimed the Sayyid a rebel who was not clearly their subject

Evidence

The Consul-General replied by proclaiming Sayyid Muhammad a rebel, and urged his government in London to prepare an expedition against the Dervishes. Thus the opening moves in the long-drawn out conflict were completed with the official denunciation as a ‘rebel’ of one who, belonging to the Ogaden clan over which Ethiopia claimed but did not exercise sovereignty, and whose maternal kinsmen (the Dulbahante) amongst whom he lived had no treaty with England, was surely most doubtfully classed as a British subject. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 212 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A disputed rifle incident in 1899 triggered the Sayyid’s open defiance of the British.; Sayyid Muhammad died in December 1920 still evading British capture.; British designation of the Sayyid as rebel exceeded their actual jurisdiction over him — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 212 (+2 more)

Related

• British designation of the Sayyid as rebel exceeded their actual jurisdiction over him (similarity 0.94)
• A disputed rifle incident in 1899 triggered the Sayyid’s open defiance of the British. (similarity 0.83)
• The Sayyid formally challenged the British to war or tribute in 1899 (similarity 0.82)
• British naming the Sayyid ‘The Mad Mullah’ opened the colonial expeditions (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• British designation of the Sayyid as rebel exceeded their actual jurisdiction over him #corroborates (0.95) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 212