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'15/4 TRIBES OF BRITISH SOMALILAND' [5r] (8/24)
The record is made up of 1 file (12 folios). It was created in 30 Jan 1941-19 Dec 1941. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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THK kSA: Are found in the extreme West of the Protectorate, and
< uiing the division of Africa, their grazing grounds were split among the French,
Abyssinians and ourselves. 'I hey are nomadic and therefore, unlike idle Gadabursi
have no permanent interest in the land. Despite this division of their grazing
giounds, they remain very loyal to us. They recognize no hereditary chief, but
have a number of elders and Akils. Generally speaking they are the most back
ward of the Somali tribe.
Af>/V1IN1STRATIVE DISTRICTS .
For administrative purposes British Somaliland is divided into five districts,
had) district has a District Officer in Charge with jurisdiction over cer tain tribes
.and sections, which normally graze within the confines of his district. As stated
adore there is considerable overlapping in grazing and no particular big area can
he said to be grazed exclusive^ 1 ) 5 ' any one tribe,
1 • FKIGAVQ pi strict BOUND A RIFS .
From FI Girdeh to Dabba-Dabba to Las Dureh, to Adad to Ber Weiso, and
thence due hast to the frontier*
Jurisdiction over; The Warsangeli ; the Hubr Toljaala, Musa Abokor ;
tne Habr Yums, Musa Ismail Gadwein, and Saad Yunis, and a small section of the
Musa Arreh ; and the Dolbahanta, Mahmoud Gerad, N&layeh Ahmed.
2. buraq district boundaries.
Following Northern Ixu.iulary of the Erigavo District; West Dabba-Dabba
to la o and due to South to the Boundary ; Eastern and Southern boundaries
formed 1 ) 5 ' the international boundary line.
Jurisdiction over: The Dolbahanta ( less the Nalayeh A hmed )- the Habr
Y """l the Gadwein, the Saad Yunis, the Musa Abdulla and the
Lhaak); che Habr loljaala, Mohame<i Abokor and the /tab, rer Ali, and the
Ibran a small tribe which lives with the Habr Toljaala, Mohamed Abokor.
3 BhRBERA district boundaries .
From El Gir<ieh to Dabba-l^abba to Haio to Bulbar, with jurisdiction over
the Habr Yums, Musa Abdulla, and Habr Awal, Esa Musa.
* HaRGFISA DISTRICT BOUNDARIES*
I he Southern boundary of the Berbera District and the Western one of
fxirao boundary'; ami in the South, the International boundary; North Western.
Bulliat (exclusive of the Township) to Gabiieh atid then to the frontier.
Jurisdiction over: The Habr Yunis, Ishaak; the Habr Awal, Saad Musa;
the Eidagalbi and the Arab (less the rer AH).
BURAMO district boundaries.
Bounded by the Western boundary of tlie Hargeisa District atm) tbe
I n ter national Bou ndaries.
Aden
30th January 1941.
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The file consists of two documents:
1. A letter dated 19 December 1941 from the Chief Secretary to the Government, Government of Aden, to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain. The letter encloses the pamphlet The Tribes of British Somaliland and advises that 'difficulty is frequently experienced with identifying individual Somalis or in deciding their nationality by passport authorities' and that the pamphlet may assist with this task.
2. The pamphlet entitled The Tribes of British Somaliland by Lieutenant-Colonel R H Smith. The report is dated 30 January 1941, and was printed by the Caxton Press at Aden. The pamphlet consists of a report and geneaological diagrams of the tribes:
The pamphlet commences with a list of the British Protected tribes and their geographical distribution noting that the grazing grounds of the British protected tribes are not all contained in British Somaliland. Furthermore their lands straddle adjacent frontiers of French Somaliland and Ethiopia and far into Italian East Africa. The pamphlet notes (folio 4) that the 'arbitrary boundary which divides the Somali grazing grounds into two, has been the chief cause of our administrative difficulties in the past.' The means of contact between the [British] Government and the tribes is through 'Akils, and where they exist, hereditary chiefs i.e. Sultans or Gerads'.
There follows a description of each British Protected tribes, their tribal sub-divisions, grazing grounds, towns and ports, and chief means of subsistence: the Warsangeli; the Dolbahanta; theHabr Toljaala; the Habr Yunis; the Habr Awal; the Edagalla; the Arab; the Gadabursi; the Esa.
British Somaliland was divided into five administrative districts each with a District Officer. District boundaries are given for Erigavo District; Burao District; Berbara District; Hargeisa District; Buramo District.
The file includes genealogical diagrams showing the lineage and tribal sub-divisions of the Warsangeli; Arab; Habr Yunis; Eida Galla; Habr Awal; Habr Toljala; Dolbahanta; Esa; Gadabursi.
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- 1 file (12 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged as a letter, a pamphlet, a page of file notes (folio 11).
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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- '15/4 TRIBES OF BRITISH SOMALILAND'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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