The Impact of Mohammad Abdille Hassan in the East Africa Protectorate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8979948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E R Turton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 641-657 |
| Publication date | 1969-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700009750 |
| OpenAlex | W2124440375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 24 |
It is still assumed today that Sheikh Mohammad Abdille Hassan's rebellion between 1899 and 1920 in British Somaliland only made an impact in northern and central Somalia. In fact, however, the rebellion also influenced both the southernmost Somali and the administration of the Jubaland Province of the East Africa Protectorate. Anticipation that the rebellion would spread southwards, though unwarranted, led nevertheless to exaggerated fears and ultimately deterred further British involvement in that part of the Protectorate. These fears were not wholly unjustified, for the Jubaland Somali were inspired by Sheikh Mohammad's defiance of alien authority and probably wished to emulate him where possible. Furthermore, there was increasing contact between Mohammad Abdille Hassan's agents and the Juba region. However, it was the actual migration towards the Juba of Marehan who had fought with Sheikh Mohammad that had the most important impact on that area. Sheikh Mohammad's jihads also encouraged other Somali sections to migrate southwards. These migrations were largely responsible for the growing instability south of the Juba. They led to a large increase in the number of guns available and also encouraged inter-tribal fighting. Essentially Sheikh Mohammad's influence was political rather than religious. This distinction becomes clearer on examination of the spread of the Salihiyya tariqa as compared to those areas which were involved in political unrest
Administration (probate law · Ancient history · Development economics · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Politics · Protectorate · Somali · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy
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Angola and Mozambique, 1870–1905
British West Africa and Liberia
Portuguese Africa
East Africa 1870–1905
Islam
Belgian Africa
French Congo and Gabon 1886–1905
Africa on the Eve of Partition
Aspects of economic history
Western Africa, 1870–1886
The Maghrib
East Africa
British Central Africa
African cross-currents
Western Africa, 1886–1905
North Africa
Madagascar and France, 1870–1905
French black Africa
The European Partition of Africa
The European Scramble and Conquest in African History
King Leopold's Congo, 1886–1908
The Cambridge History of Africa
The Cambridge History of Africa
(Un)rooted spaces of belonging
Somali Resistance to Colonial Rule and the Development of Somali Political Activity in Kenya 1893–1960
The Political Significance of the Wolof Adherence to Muslim Brotherhoods in the Nineteenth Century
Italian Colonialism in Somalia
The King's African Rifles
Poetry and Philosophy
Labour Notes
Marriage and the Family in Northern Somaliland
Exploration in the Southern Borderland of Abyssinia
Progressive Waves in Rivers
On Some Prehistoric Stone Implements from Asia Minor
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2024 (53) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |