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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [362v] (212/226)
The record is made up of 1 item (113 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1905-5 Oct 1906. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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which in default of some such policy, the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
must from time to time
“ Tins sueffestion has been previously placed in a few words before
undertake. This suggestion n dated the 22nd May 1902 _ As
^nte^uUn my ”0 1804, dated the 5th March 1900, that policy would also
LS rve otier objects, and it appears to His Excellency the Governor in
Council, on a survey of the conditions of the Hinterland, to he the mast
suitable and economical policy for our various needs to recommend to the
Government of India.
12. I am, therefore, to suggest—
(1) That as recommended in my letter No. 1476, dated the 23rd February
IQOfi a full and sufficient supply of arms for the actual needs of the
tribes which will compete in price and popularity with the French
weapons should he made available under tbe orders of the Resident
at Aden ;
(2) that snch moral and material support should be given to the Sultan of
Label as will enable him and render hinn willing to control various
small sub-tribes which are at present subject to no control in practice,
and to also make bis territories an efficient barrier to the trade m arms
from Jibouti.
13. Failing tbe above recommendation it is, of course, possible to try
some of tbe repressive measures above indicated or, again, there is still one other
alternative, if it is open to us under the Brussels Convention, and t at is,
that having regard to the attitude of the French and Italian Governments
and to that of the Turkish Government in normal times vyhen not engaged in
putting down its rebels, and having regard to the fact that the Aden Hinter
land is practically already full of arms, and again to the fact that the weapon
which we should supply from Aden would be greatly superior to the LeGras
rifle, which the tribesmen now obtain from Jihouti, the present unequal and
apparently useless struggle against this trade should be abandoned.
I have the honour to he,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
S. W. EDGERLEY,
Chief Secretary to Government.
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Part 2 of the file relates to future policy questions, in particular Britain's presence in the Dthala [al-Ḍāli‘] (sometimes written as Dthali) region.
The correspondents include:
- Major-General Ernest de Brath, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Aden;
- Government of India, Simla;
- Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ;
- India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London;
- Foreign Office, London.
The correspondence discusses several matters relating to British policy in the Aden hinterland, including:
- the murder of a postal runner near Sheikh Othman;
- the deployment of a Political Officer at Dthala;
- the withdrawal of all British troops and officers from Dthala;
- arms traffic in the hinterland;
- an extension of the railway into the hinterland.
The discussion is framed by the wider imperial policy of non-interference.
Folio 369 is a map entitled 'The Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate'.
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- File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy'
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- 257r:369v
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