This prompted an unsuccessful bid by Britain in 1956 to buy back the Somaliland territory that it had turned over (which some presume was a "protectorate" by British treaties with the Somali clans in 1884 and 1886).
Britain's attempt to regain Somaliland, which it had relinquished in 1956, failed due to an unsuccessful bid. Some believe that the territory was granted as a "protectorate" under British agreements with Somali clans in 1884 and 1886.