 Nekuyambuka kweEurope kweGulf of Aden neHorn of Africa, kusangana pakati pevaSomalia nevaEurope panyika yeAfrica kwaizoitika zvakare kekutanga kubva pakurwisana kweEthiopia neAdal. Apo ngarava yeBritain yainzi Mary Anne yakaedza kumira pachiteshi chengarava cheBerbera muna 1825 yakarwiswa uye nhengo dzakawanda dzevashandi dzakapondwa neHabr Awal. Mukupindura, Royal Navy yakamanikidza kuvharirwa uye dzimwe nhoroondo dzinorondedzera kurwiswa kweguta. Makore maviri gare gare muna 1827 vaBritain vakasvika ndokuwedzera chipo chokubvisa chipingamupinyi chakanga chamisa kutengeserana kwaBerbera kunobetsera mukutsinhana nemari. Zvichitevera pfungwa yokutanga iyi Hondo yeBerbera ya1827 yaizotanga. Pashure pokukundwa kweHabr Awal, madhora 15 000 eSpanish aifanira kubhadharwa nevatungamiriri veHabr Awal nokuda kwokuparadzwa kwechikepe uye kurasikirwa noupenyu. Muna 1830s Farah Guled naHajji Ali vakanyora tsamba kuna Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi weRas Al Khaimah vachikumbira rubatsiro rwemauto uye hondo yechitendero yakabatana neBritish. 