Abstract This article argues that the politics of extraterritorial jurisdiction in the 1920s reshaped relations between ethnicity and territorial sovereignty in Ethiopia's eastern borderlands. A 1925 criminal trial involving Gadabursi Somalis began as what Britons deemed a ‘tribal matter’ to be settled through customary means, but became a struggle for Ethiopia's regent, Ras Tafari, to assert Ethiopia's territorial authority and imperial sovereignty. British claims of extraterritorial jurisdiction over Somalis amidst 1920s global geopolitical shifts disrupted existing practices of governance in Ethiopia's eastern borderlands and created a dilemma for Ethiopian authorities. In order to uphold international obligations, Ethiopian officials effectively had to revoke their sovereignty over some Somalis indigenous to Ethiopia. Yet Britons’ practical application of extraterritoriality to Somalis was predicated on assumed racial differences between Somalis and highland Ethiopians (‘Abyssinians’). Thus, Ethiopia's recognition of British extraterritorial jurisdiction would lend legitimacy to claims exempting Somalis from Ethiopian sovereignty due to differences in identity. The case reveals how assertions about race, nationality and ‘tribal’ identity articulated to subordinate Ethiopian rule to British interests and, in the longer term, to delegitimize Ethiopian governance over Somalis.

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1920 年代埃塞俄比亚-英国索马里兰边境地区的边境犯罪、域外管辖权和主权种族化

摘要 本文认为，1920 年代的治外法权政治重塑了埃塞俄比亚东部边境地区的族裔与领土主权关系。1925 年涉及 Gadabursi Somalis 的刑事审判开始时，英国人认为这是通过习惯方式解决的“部落问题”，但后来成为埃塞俄比亚摄政王 Ras Tafari 为维护埃塞俄比亚领土权威和帝国主权而进行的斗争。在 1920 年代全球地缘政治变化中，英国声称对索马里人具有域外管辖权，这扰乱了埃塞俄比亚东部边境地区的现有治理实践，并使埃塞俄比亚当局陷入困境。为了履行国际义务，埃塞俄比亚官员实际上不得不撤销他们对埃塞俄比亚土著的一些索马里人的主权。然而，英国人对索马里人的域外法权的实际应用是基于索马里人和高地埃塞俄比亚人（“阿比西尼亚人”）之间假设的种族差异。因此，埃塞俄比亚承认英国治外法权将使索马里人因身份差异而免于埃塞俄比亚主权的主张具有合法性。该案揭示了关于种族、国籍和“部落”身份的断言如何使埃塞俄比亚的统治服从于英国的利益，并从长远来看，使埃塞俄比亚对索马里人的治理合法化。承认英国治外法权将使索马里人因身份差异而免于埃塞俄比亚主权的主张具有合法性。该案揭示了关于种族、国籍和“部落”身份的断言如何使埃塞俄比亚的统治服从于英国的利益，并从长远来看，使埃塞俄比亚对索马里人的治理合法化。承认英国治外法权将使索马里人因身份差异而免于埃塞俄比亚主权的主张具有合法性。该案揭示了关于种族、国籍和“部落”身份的断言如何使埃塞俄比亚的统治服从于英国的利益，并从长远来看，使埃塞俄比亚对索马里人的治理合法化。