Ogaden?

[Subeer]

Can someone give me a timeline or a post of the conquest of ogaden area by ethiopia and england, i only know basis of the event, but i dont know causes, i mean its all non fertile dusty area?

 

[James Dahl]

The Emirate of Harar technically had suzerainty over the area after they got their independence from the Khedive of Egypt in 1884. Emir Abdullah Muhammed, the son of the previous Emir deposed by Egypt in 1866, was given some guns by the British to try and defend Harar and the British withdrew from Ethiopia by the terms of an agreement they had made.

Negus Sahle Maryam of Shewa (the future Menelik II) declared war on Harar and on January 6th 1887 he met the army of Harar at the Battle of Chelenqo and destroyed the Harari army and annexed Harar. The next year there was a terrible famine triggered by rinderpest that wiped out livestock populations all throughout Ethiopia which hit Oromo the hardest. This allowed Sahle Maryam to easily expand southwards and annexed all the Oromo lands. He consolidated all of famine-wracked Ethiopia in 1889 with ease and was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia and continued to expand south and east with modern weapons, which the local clans could not meaningfully oppose.

In the end the Italian Army was what stopped Ethiopia's advance, at what is now the official border, around 1900.

 

[Subeer]

The Emirate of Harar technically had suzerainty over the area after they got their independence from the Khedive of Egypt in 1884. Emir Abdullah Muhammed, the son of the previous Emir deposed by Egypt in 1866, was given some guns by the British to try and defend Harar and the British withdrew from Ethiopia by the terms of an agreement they had made.

Negus Sahle Maryam of Shewa (the future Menelik II) declared war on Harar and on January 6th 1887 he met the army of Harar at the Battle of Chelenqo and destroyed the Harari army and annexed Harar. The next year there was a terrible famine triggered by rinderpest that wiped out livestock populations all throughout Ethiopia which hit Oromo the hardest. This allowed Sahle Maryam to easily expand southwards and annexed all the Oromo lands. He consolidated all of famine-wracked Ethiopia in 1889 with ease and was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia and continued to expand south and east with modern weapons, which the local clans could not meaningfully oppose.

In the end the Italian Army was what stopped Ethiopia's advance, at what is now the official border, around 1900.

But why is the ogaden area a place of interest to annex?

 

[James Dahl]

But why is the ogaden area a place of interest to annex?

At the time Ethiopia was trying to take all available land as quickly as possible, Ogaden was actually a low priority area. In the 1880s the Europeans were gobbling up Africa so Ethiopia had to act fast if they wanted an empire.

 

[Subeer]

At the time Ethiopia was trying to take all available land as quickly as possible, Ogaden was actually a low priority area. In the 1880s the Europeans were gobbling up Africa so Ethiopia had to act fast if they wanted an empire.

What was the earliest reaction to this expansion, a detailed and chronological post please.

 

[James Dahl]

What was the earliest reaction to this expansion, a detailed and chronological post please.

Reaction from whom?

 

[Subeer]

Reaction from whom?

The somalis in ogaden, and have ogaden prior to the annexation ever had a history of conflict before.
And i know that resistance came, but the details i dont
Know.

 

[James Dahl]

The Dervish Wars were the Somali reaction to colonization from Ethiopia, Britain and Italy. Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan and the Daraawiish fought for 21 years but were eventually destroyed and suppressed by Ethiopia, the colonialist powers and the collusion of many Somali kingdoms. There were other scattered clan oppositions to colonization but Somali clan divisions meant these rebellions were isolated and often defeated by other Somalis more than the colonialist powers.

 

[Subeer]

The Dervish Wars were the Somali reaction to colonization from Ethiopia, Britain and Italy. Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan and the Daraawiish fought for 21 years but were eventually destroyed and suppressed by Ethiopia, the colonialist powers and the collusion of many Somali kingdoms. There were other scattered clan oppositions to colonization but Somali clan divisions meant these rebellions were isolated and often defeated by other Somalis more than the colonialist powers.

So the dervish wars also was about ogaden and northern somalia, im pretty sure hawd and northern somalia was the only place the dervishes opererated, and not whole ogaden

 

[James Dahl]

So the dervish wars also was about ogaden and northern somalia, im pretty sure hawd and northern somalia was the only place the dervishes opererated, and not whole ogaden

It was fought mostly in the Ogaden, but for obvious reasons the colonial powers focus on their theatre of the wars, in British and Italian Somaliland. The vast majority of the Sayyid's forces were Ogaden and at one point he controlled most of the Ogaden. His domain stretched west far enough that he raided Jijiga many times.