The Dervish war did not deflect Italian colonial plans or aims
Evidence
Sayyid Muhammad ‘Abdille Hassan’s war, while it had sometimes delayed and impeded the gradual extension of Italian rule, had not caused the Italians to alter their colonial plans or deflected them from the purpose of creating an economically profitable possession whose agricultural potential might be exploited by settlers from the mother country. Not that economic considerations were the only factors; Italian prestige was already at stake and became an increasingly significant motive as time passed. Nor had the activities of the Dervishes prevented the Italians from appreciating the benefits of a policy of winning Somali goodwill as a means, not only of safeguarding their position in Somalia, but also of expanding their influence into the Ethiopian sphere. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 258
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The Dervish holy war strengthened alien rule rather than ending it; The Dervish war failed to alter Italian colonial ambitions in Somalia; The Dervish holy war backfired by entrenching alien rule deeper — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 259
Related
- The Dervish war failed to alter Italian colonial ambitions in Somalia (similarity 0.98)
- The Dervish holy war strengthened alien rule rather than ending it (similarity 0.91)
- The Dervish holy war backfired by entrenching alien rule deeper (similarity 0.90)
- The Dervish war left British Somaliland undeveloped and bitterly mistrustful (similarity 0.80)
- Britain’s Somaliland empire grew as an unintended consequence of the Dervish war (similarity 0.80)
- Italian colonial policy sought active expansion while British policy was passive coastal defense (similarity 0.79)
- Warsangeli defection to the Dervishes signaled renewed warfare (similarity 0.78)