Italian Somaliland (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Italian Somaliland (Italian: Somalia italiana), also known as Italian Somalia, was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy from the 1880s until 1936 in the region of modern-day Somalia. Ruled in the 19th century by the Somali Sultanate of Hobyo and the Majeerteen Sultanate, the territory was later acquired by Italy through various treaties. In 1936, the region was integrated into Africa Orientale Italiana as part of the Italian Empire. This would last until 1941, during the Second World War. Italian Somaliland then came under British administration until 1949, when it became a United Nations trusteeship, the Trust Territory of Somalia, under Italian administration. On July 1, 1960, the Trust Territory of Somalia united as scheduled with the briefly-extant State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.