The Ethiopian State and Its Somali Periphery Circa 1888-1948
THE ETHIOPIAN STATE AND ITS SOMALI PERIPHERY CIRCA 1888-1948
GULED ASOWE
Ethiopian Civil Service College
Addis Ababa
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF HISTORY FOR THE DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
SUMMER 2000
PREFACE
In writing this thesis I have received kindness, advice, encouragement, inspiration and succour from many different quarters. In ECSC I have been largely supported by the AHRB, and Somali State. I have benefited from several funds from Ogaden Democracy League without which, on more than one occasion, I would not have been able to complete this research. During my time here I have enjoyed a Pre-Research Linguistic Scholarship and an Honorary External Research Studentship, and assistance from the Eddington and Rouse Ball funds. For this support I am extremely grateful to the Master and Fellows of ECS College. I have also received generous and vital support for fieldwork expenses in Kenya and Ethiopia from the Smuts Memorial Fund; the Prince Consort and Thirlwall Fund; the Worts Travelling Scholars Fund; and the Holland Rose Fund. The dissertation is entirely the result of my own work, and includes nothing that is the outcome of any work done in collaboration. It does not exceed 80,000 words in length.
In the course of my archive research I was helped by the British Institute in East Africa, and its former Director Dr John Sutton, and assistant Director, Dr Shane Doyle. I am especially grateful to Shane Doyle for his help, hospitality and humour. In Ethiopia at the University of Addis Ababa I was able to use the excellent resources of the Library of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies. My work here was much aided by the co-operation of the Director of the Institute and its excellent staff. Members of the History Department were also helpful; in particular I should mention the help and hospitality of Dr Merid Wolde Aregay, Belete Bezuneh and Makonnen Tegegn. Tim Carmichael afforded me a great deal of professional assistance and advice
GULED ASOWE
Ethiopian Civil Service College
Addis Ababa
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF HISTORY FOR THE DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
SUMMER 2000
PREFACE
In writing this thesis I have received kindness, advice, encouragement, inspiration and succour from many different quarters. In ECSC I have been largely supported by the AHRB, and Somali State. I have benefited from several funds from Ogaden Democracy League without which, on more than one occasion, I would not have been able to complete this research. During my time here I have enjoyed a Pre-Research Linguistic Scholarship and an Honorary External Research Studentship, and assistance from the Eddington and Rouse Ball funds. For this support I am extremely grateful to the Master and Fellows of ECS College. I have also received generous and vital support for fieldwork expenses in Kenya and Ethiopia from the Smuts Memorial Fund; the Prince Consort and Thirlwall Fund; the Worts Travelling Scholars Fund; and the Holland Rose Fund. The dissertation is entirely the result of my own work, and includes nothing that is the outcome of any work done in collaboration. It does not exceed 80,000 words in length.
In the course of my archive research I was helped by the British Institute in East Africa, and its former Director Dr John Sutton, and assistant Director, Dr Shane Doyle. I am especially grateful to Shane Doyle for his help, hospitality and humour. In Ethiopia at the University of Addis Ababa I was able to use the excellent resources of the Library of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies. My work here was much aided by the co-operation of the Director of the Institute and its excellent staff. Members of the History Department were also helpful; in particular I should mention the help and hospitality of Dr Merid Wolde Aregay, Belete Bezuneh and Makonnen Tegegn. Tim Carmichael afforded me a great deal of professional assistance and advice
Bibliography: Summary of thesis ‘The Ethiopian state and its Somali periphery, c. 1888-1948’ The thesis examines the regional history of the western Somali lands that were incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire at the turn of the last century