ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٣ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: الوضع؛ انسحاب الوكيل السياسي من الضالع؛ معاهدات مع زعماء قبائل الحواشب والقُتيبي والعلوي" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎٢] (٥٠٨/٢٤٠)

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APPENDIX “A.”
Whereas it is desirable that no delay and inconvenience should he caused
to travellers upon the roads and that all thieve^ “en
should he checked from their misdeeds and punished, this A D re.ment has been
made with the Political Resident, Aden.
Therefore we whose names are hereunto subscribed, namely (V 0 ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية hereh*
.on the part of the
agree with
British Government as follows :—
Article 1.
ft is incumbent upon us to keep the roads within our limits secure and
peaceful. No theft or depredation shall be committed upon them. Passengers,
merchants or others travelling shall meet with no molestation but shall be
assisted and protected by us to the extent of our boundaries.
Article 2.
Should anv travellers or other persons suffer injury on the roads within onr
limits, the same shall be made good to them by us, and we will punish and
obtain our redress from the offender or offendeis.
Article 3.
Should such offender or offenders belong to another tribe, we shall seek our
redress from the Chief of the tribe to which he or they belong.
Article 4.
Ko thief or delinquent from British territory or the territory of the friends
or allies of the British Government shall he protected or entertained within our
limits. On the other hand, any such person for whose arrest or surrender a
demand may be made upon us by the Political Resident of Aden shall forth
with he arrested and surrendered to the proper officers of the British Govern
ment at ^den.
Article 5.
Any member of our tribe who commits depredation or theft on the roads
either in our own limits or beyond them shall be punished and made to give
redress. And no such person shall be entertained within our limits except
under proper arrangements to prevent them from committing theft or other
offences on the roads.
Article 6.
No new taxes or dues shall he levied upon goods on the roads within our
territories without the previously obtained sanction of the Political Resident at
Aden.
Article 7.
There shall be permanent peace and friendship between us and the British
Government and the friends and allies of the British Government. They
shall each he free to enter the territory of the other and shall not be molested hut
shall be treated with respect at all times and in all places. The Sheikh
and notable persons of our tribe shall visit Aden when they please. They shall
be treated with respect and be given passes to carry arms.
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Article 8.
consideration of these undertakings and engagements, the Political
Resident of Aden on the part of the British Government agrees to pay to the
8a jq and his successor or successors a
monthly sum of the half of which is
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