Beginnings and The Dervish State
In 1888, after signing successive treaties with the then ruling Somali Sultans, the British established a protectorate in northern present-day Somalia referred to as British Somaliland. The British immediately recognized the affinity between the Somali people and their camel charges. The "Somaliland Camel Constabulary" was an early attempt to harness this natural affinity militarily.
By 1899, the religious and nationalist leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's ("Mad Mullah") Dervish resistance had begun. The period was to last until 1920.
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