ABSTRACT
Somali Coast. On the 7th September, 1877,* an Agreement was entered into
between the British and Egyptian Governments, by which the former engaged to recognize the jurisdiction of the Khedive, under the suzerainty of the Sublime Porte, over the Somali Coast as far as Ras Hafoun, on certain specific conmtions, but these conditions were not fulfilled. The Agreement came to an end on the abandonment of the Somali Coast in 1884. (See EGYPT, p. 615.)
France and Tajourah, &c. In 1884 France concluded Treaties of Cession and Protection
with the Sultans of Gobad and Tajourah; and on the 11th February, 1885, it was notified to the Powers that France had annexed the Danakil and Somali Coasts from Ras Ali to Gubbet-Kharab. (See FRANCE (East Africa), p. 625.)
British Protectorate over Native Tribes. Between 1884 and 1886, various Treaties were concluded by the
British Government with the Tribes on the Somali Coast, by which they agreed (among other things) not to cede, sell, mortgage, or otherwise give for occupation, save to the British Government, any portion of their territory, and they were placed under British PrQtection. The following is a list of themt :-
l\Jlijjertayn, 1st May, 1884. Habr-Awal, 14th July, 1884. Gadabursi, 11th December, 1884. Habr-Toljaala, 26th December, 1884. Eesa-Somal, 31st December, 1884. Habr-Gerhajis, 13th January, 1885. Warsangali, 27th January, 1886. Habr-Toljaala, 1st February, 1886. Habr-Gerhajis, 1st February, 1886. Habr-Awal, 15th March, 1886.
