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were deployed from HMS Amherst and landed. They faced up to 2,000-2,500 Somalis who quickly dispersed in the face of their well-armed opponents. In the ensuing chaos Captain Jervoise moved to occupy the centre of Berbera on a ridge and a division led by Lieutenant Jeffrey Noble was attacked with one

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the harbour and concluded that it was excellent, and the squadron would move in and weigh anchor in the bay of Berbera the following morning. Upon the approach of the British ships into the bay the Habr Awal set fire to the city and began to plunder the goods of the visiting

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Royal Marine dying and several other losses being incurred. The ships ceased their bombardment after Jervoise's capture and the fires were gradually put out. The Somalis would surrender in small parties and eventually negotiations would restart.

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but upon the Sheikhs stating the fires in Berbera had cost the Habr Awal a significant amount of losses, agreed on an indemnity of 15,000 dollars to be paid in over three years in installments. The treaty settled the 1825 attack on the

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in the 1830s requesting military assistance and joint religious war against the British. Alongside their stronghold in the Persian Gulf & Gulf of Oman the Qasimi were very active both militarily and economically in the

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Following the battle the Sheikhs of the Habr Awal requested several days to gather other notables who were several days away from Berbera before an agreement could be concluded. The British initially insisted on 30,000

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who were British subjects. In response the squadron opened fire deliberately aiming above the crowds in order to intimidate rather than kill them. Under Captain Jervoise of HMS Pandora a contingent of 250

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in the interior and merchants from across the western Indian Ocean would come trade at the town. The blockade would last until 1827 when a Royal Navy expedition led by

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sent a delegation on shore led by Lieutenant John Downey to the Sheikhs of the Habr Awal and expressed his desire to speak to them regarding the 1825 attack on the

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attempted to dock in Berbera's port in 1825 it was attacked, and multiple members of the crew were massacred by the Habr Awal. In response the

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HMS Tamar and HMS Pandora were joined by HMS Amherst and would arrive in Berbera on 10 January and opened fire on a number of Somali

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enforced a blockade and some accounts narrate an immediate bombardment of the city. Berbera was one of the premier ports of the

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and HMS Amherst involved. HMS Tamar and HMS Pandora belonged to the Royal Navy and HMS Amherst was a ship of the

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