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situation and if possible to treat directly with Sayyid Muhammad. In this latter respect the Wingate mission was singularly unsuccessful, and having considered its report, which was never published, the British government decided to cut its losses and embark upon a new policy of coastal concentration. In 1910, accordingly, the Administration withdrew to the coast evacuating the interior – little of which was in any case under stable civil rule – and arming the Isaq clans – the ‘friendlies’ as they were called – thus leaving them to protect themselves against the Dervishes. Such misgivings as were felt by the Administration were soothed by the convenient assumption that, if left undisturbed, the situation would throw up a leader capable of rallying support against the Dervishes. That the Dulbahante were left utterly unprotected was considered justified in view of the fact that they had no treaty with the British. This, however, had not prevented Britain in the past from regarding the Dulbahante as part of the Somaliland Protectorate when it was convenient to do so.
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