Khedivate's Somali Coast

Khedivate's Somali Coast
ساحل الصومال الخديوي‎ (Arabic)
*Sāḥil aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Khudaywī*
خِدِيوِي مِصِر سُومَال سَاحِلِ (Ottoman Turkish)
*Hidiv-i Mısır Somali Sahili*
Khedivate's Somali Coast ساحل الصومال الخديوي‎ (Arabic); Sāḥil aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Khudaywī; خِدِيوِي مِصِر سُومَال سَاحِلِ (Ottoman Turkish); Hidiv-i Mısır Somali Sahili
1874–1884
	Flag Coat of arms
	Egypt and its expansion in the 19th century.
Status	Province of the Khedivate of Egypt
Capital	Berbera
Common languages	Somali ; Arabic; Ottoman Turkish
History
• Egyptian Invasion of Harar	1874
• Egyptian recall	1884
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Habesh Eyalet
British Somaliland
Obock Territory
Dervish movement (Somali)
Today part of	Djibouti; Somalia (de jure); ∟ Somaliland (de facto);

Khedivate's Somali Coast was a short-lived dominion of the Khedivate of Egypt over a few ports of the northern Somali coast. It came about when in 1874 Isma'il Pasha ordered the dispatch of two warships and three Khedival ships of the line towards the northern Somali coast.