ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٦ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: يافع العليا؛ معاهدات مع السلطان قحطان وزعماء آخرين" [ظ‎‎٧‎٠] (٢١٢/١٣٦)

dependents and not a regular section of the Yaffai-as-Saffah Fi
further knowledge of the tribe we have now gained, I think the Daudi may
eliminated as a section, and the Hadthrami substituted Ihey are quite imle
pendorit of any other section, while the Daudi appear to be ircc y s 1
Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omar, and would therefore be covered by the treaty
tlie latter.
5 . I would further ask permission to conclude a treaty on the same terms,
and granting the same stipend, with Sheikh Ah Mana-as-Sakladi, the heredi
tary Sheikh of the whole Shaibi clan. I did not originally contemplate enter
in 0, into any separate agreement with the Shaibi, but Captain jU* no ,
opinion tU Jthe Shaibi are actually on the frontier, and the Mausa ta have
somewhat less power over them than we supposed, a t^^,.^h Al' i ana
and his successors, and the grant of a small stipend would dist nctly tend to
the peace and security of that part of the border. I concur in this view and
I venture to hope that sanction to the engagement may be conveyed by tele
gram, so that it can be carried out before 1 leave for Aden at the end of
October.
6 . With regard to the announcement of the treaties, the permission given
me to delay doing this in Government of India telegram No. 20C4.K, of 1st
Septemberjhas been very useful, more particularly in the case of the Maiisatta.
I propose, however, to announce the treaties before leaving Dtbala for Aden
and will telegraph the date later.
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