The British in conflict with Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan 1902-1903
All taken from “Black and White“, a weekly British newspaper of the period. The Black and White ran from 1891 to its eventual incorporation with The Sphere in 1912. The newspaper employed many of the talented artists and engravers of the period to illustrate news and events and to entertain. PS: Better quality copies of these photos will be made available soon
For background read the Wikipedia entry on Sayid Mxammed Cabddille Xasan (known by the British as the “The Mad Mullah”)
“In pursuit of the mullah: The action at Lasakante”
“With the mad mullah in Somaliland”
“The mullah’s European ally- Karl Inger and his adventures. His ideas on Afric and and his appeals to England!
“Preparing for the Somali expedition. Colonel Cobbe bargaining for Camels in the Harradera district “
“Scouting in Somaliland. A reconoitring party questioning a captured goatherd”
“The operations againts the mullah in Somaliland. The fight at Erogo”
“The Somaliland expedition: Watering the camels”
“With the forces in Somaliland”
Mogadishu Lighthouse, 1912
From http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/som.htm
ETH Zurich Creative Commons image
Merca lighthouse, date unknown
Merka Range Rear Light
postcard image courtesy of Michel Forand
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/som.htm
A Somali village
Page 80, The Graphic, July 26, 1884
One of three engravings colelctively titled “Territory Recently Occupied by Our Troops in East Africa”
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The location as shown by Google Maps
A street in Berbera
Page 80, The Graphic, July 26, 1884
One of three engravings colelctively titled “Territory Recently Occupied by Our Troops in East Africa”
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The location as shown by Google Maps
Berbera, on the Gulf of Aden
Page 80, The Graphic, July 26, 1884
One of three engravings collectively titled “Territory Recently Occupied by Our Troops in East Africa”
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The location as shown by Google Maps
58. – Palmier sur la route de Zeylah
Posted 13 October 1902, Djibouti
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R. C. M. Somali – Carvan leaving Berbera
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Hobyo / Obbia
“La casa del Sultano di Obbia“
From “Cesare Maria de Vecchi di Val Cismon. Orizzonti D’Impero. Cinque Anni di Somalia. A Mondadori – Milano”
[ Horizons of Empire: Five Years in Somalia / Cesare Maria De Vecchi di Val Cismon. Milano. 1935]
Cesare Maria De Vecchi was Governor from 1923-1928
“Il sultano Ali Jusuf“
Son of Yusuf Ali Kenadid
“Obbia: la garessa occupata“
“Obbia in attessa del Governatore“
Obbia (Hobyo) location as found via Google Maps
Other photos of Hobyo, elsewhere on the web
Hafun
“La garesa di Hafun”
Other photos of the Hafun area on the internet
Estimated location on Google Maps
Zaila / Zelya / Zeila / Seylac
“The Town and People of Zaila, Somali Coast, Africa”
Photos and text from The Graphic, May 7, 1887, page 473
Photos of Zeyla on the internet
- Ottoman built Saylac (Zeila) governor house, 1850s. (Probably more likely to be British-era building)
Google Maps view of Zeyla
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