Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian: Colonial Experiences in Late Nineteenth-Century Harar

In October 1875, two months after the takeover of the Somali coastal town of Zeila, an Egyptian force numbering 1,200 soldiers departed from the city to occupy Harar, a prominent Muslim hub in the Horn of Africa. In doing so, they turned this sovereign emirate into an Egyptian colony that became a focal meeting point of geopolitical interests, with interactions between Muslim
Africans, European powers, and Christian Ethiopians.
In Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Ben-Dror tells the story of Tur...