Editing British Somaliland (section)

===British Somaliland 1920–1930===
[[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-3-179.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|right|Market in [[Hargeisa]].]]
Following the defeat of the Dervish resistance, the two fundamental goals of British policy in British Somaliland were the preservation of stability and the economic self-sufficiency of the protectorate.<ref>Samatar, p. 45</ref> The second goal remained particularly elusive because of local resistance to taxation that might have been used to support the protectorate's administration.<ref>Samatar, p. 46</ref> By the 1930s, the British presence had extended to other parts of British Somaliland. Growth in commercial trade motivated some livestock herders to subsequently leave the pastoral economy and settle in urban areas.<ref>Samatar, pp. 52–53</ref> [[Customs|Customs taxes]] also helped pay for British India's patrol of Somalia's [[Red Sea]] Coast.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |last=Ofcansky and LaVerle Berry |first=Thomas P. |title=Ethiopia in World War II |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+et0030) |work=A Country Study: Ethiopia |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=11 January 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041029171751/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+et0030) |url-status=live }}</ref>

Among military units in British Somaliland during the interwar period was a battalion of the Indian Army [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]].<ref>Sharma, Gautam (1990). Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army. Allied Publishers. ISBN 81-7023-140-X, 75.</ref>