Token Abyssinian posts made Britain see its Somali territory as overextended
Evidence
The post at Biyo Kaboba consisted ‘of a fragile block-house built of loose stones and thatched with straw, … it is garrisoned by seven men … a nondescript and ragged riff-raff of Somali and Sudanese – no Abyssinians amongst them … those poor devils, who receive no pay … only live on passing caravans… .’ … Thus the Abyssinian encroachments were mere tokens, but the effect of this rather nominal Abyssinian pressure was to make Britain realize that her Somali territory was more extensive than was really necessary for her purposes. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 750 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Britain’s 1897 withdrawal knowingly doomed the Somali clans’ independence.; The Britain-Somalia rupture could have been avoided had London heeded N.F.D. reports; Nominal Abyssinian pressure made Britain deem its Somali territory overextended. (+2 more)
Related
- Nominal Abyssinian pressure made Britain deem its Somali territory overextended. (similarity 0.97)
- Nominal Abyssinian incursions led Britain to trim its Somali territory. (similarity 0.95)
- British treaty default indirectly strengthened Abyssinia and Italy (similarity 0.84)
- Britain in 1897 nearly abandoned its Somaliland protectorate (similarity 0.83)
- Britain’s 1897 withdrawal knowingly doomed the Somali clans’ independence. (similarity 0.81)
- Britain obtained Ethiopian recognition of the Protectorate while ceding no Somali territory to Ethiopia (similarity 0.79)
- British miscalculation ignored population drift that pushed protected Somali into Ethiopia’s sphere (similarity 0.79)
- Britain nearly abandoned its Somaliland Protectorate over cost concerns. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Nominal Abyssinian incursions led Britain to trim its Somali territory.
#exemplifies(0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 750 - Britain obtained Ethiopian recognition of the Protectorate while ceding no Somali territory to Ethiopia
#contradicts(0.40)