The Dervish war left British Somaliland undeveloped and bitterly mistrustful

Evidence

By contrast, as has been seen, the extension of British rule to cover a large area of the hinterland of the Somaliland Protectorate was the result rather than the cause of the Dervish war. The Sayyid’s campaigns had also engendered a tradition of Anglo-Ethiopian collaboration against Somali and had drawn the slender arm of Ethiopian rule farther into the Ogaden, thus considerably strengthening Ethiopia’s position in relation to Somali. No doubt this would have happened eventually without British support and prompting, but its occurrence at this time, and in these circumstances, was one of the paradoxical consequences of the Dervish fight for freedom. Hence, although Sayyid Muhammad’s image was at the time of his death, and still remains, that of a national hero and patriot, his holy war – despite all the courage and tenacity of his supporters – not only failed in its purpose of driving the ‘infidels’ into the sea, but actually led to a further extension and entrenchment of alien rule. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 259 (#expands, via linked claim)

Since the re-occupation of the Protectorate in 1941 much had occurred, the old care and maintenance policy of the past having been at last decisively abandoned in favour of more progressive policies. For this complete change of orientation much credit is due to the efforts of Sir Gerald Fisher, Military Governor from 1943 to 1948. … These circumstances favoured an extension of the modernist trend which had begun to appear before the war; there was now appreciably less hostility to secular progress and social change. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 359 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Dervish army broke with Somali clan organization to build unity; British Somaliland abandoned caretaker governance for active development after 1941 — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 359; British confiscation of Somali property during the war left owners uncompensated (+6 more)

Related

• Britain’s Somaliland empire grew as an unintended consequence of the Dervish war (similarity 0.90)
• The Dervish holy war strengthened alien rule rather than ending it (similarity 0.89)
• The Dervish holy war backfired by entrenching alien rule deeper (similarity 0.89)
• British Somaliland abandoned caretaker governance for active development after 1941 (similarity 0.85)
• Britain’s Somaliland commitments ballooned far beyond its minimal original aims (similarity 0.84)
• Warsangeli defection to the Dervishes signaled renewed warfare (similarity 0.84)
• Britain’s Somaliland involvement was purely a meat-provisioning auxiliary to Aden’s garrison (similarity 0.82)
• The Dervish war failed to alter Italian colonial ambitions in Somalia (similarity 0.81)
• British Somaliland’s budget remained pitifully small as late as 1937 (similarity 0.81)
• The Dervish war did not deflect Italian colonial plans or aims (similarity 0.80)
• The Dervish army broke with Somali clan organization to build unity (similarity 0.80)
• Britain’s Somali interest was solely the meat supply for Aden (similarity 0.79)
• France tacitly tolerated arms reaching the Dervishes to weaken Britain (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• British Somaliland abandoned caretaker governance for active development after 1941 #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 359
• The Dervish holy war backfired by entrenching alien rule deeper #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 259
• British confiscation of Somali property during the war left owners uncompensated #qualifies (0.50)
• Britain nearly abandoned its Somaliland Protectorate over cost concerns. #qualifies (0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 183