Due to consistent ship crashes along the coast, King Osman Mahamuud of the Majeerteen Sultanate, which controlled much of the northeastern Somali seaboard during the 19th century, entered into an informal agreement with Britain.
Due to consistent ship crashes along the northeastern Cape Guardafui headland, Boqor Osman's kingdom entered into an informal agreement with Britain, wherein the British agreed to pay the King annual subsidies to protect shipwrecked British crews and guard wrecks against plunder.
Osman Pasha | Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII | Ahmed Saad Osman | Osman I | William Charles Osman Hill | Osman Mahamuud | Osman II | Maliki Osman | Aziz M. Osman | Austin Osman Spare | Yusuf Osman Dhumal | Yafes Osman | Shawkat Osman | Russell Osman | Osman Pamukoğlu | Osman Nuri Pasha | Osman Nuri Koptagel | Osman Khalid Butt | Osman Hamdi Bey | Osman Güneş | Osman Ertuğ | Osman Đikić | Osman Abdel Hafeez | Osman | Mustafa Osman Ismail | Muhassıl Osman Pasha | M. Osman Siddique | Mohammed Omar Osman | Mike Osman | Mat Osman |