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'British protectorate over the Arabian coast from Shaikh Said to Oman (Muscat)' [‎136r] (1/8)

The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1887. 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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Secret.
British Protectorate over the Arabian
Coast from Shaikh Said to Oman
(Muscat).
Secret Letter, No. 22, dated 14th February
1873.
Secret Letter, No. 38, dated 11th April
1873.
1. In February 1873 the Government of India, in
bringing to notice that the Turkish authorities in
Yemen had sought to induce the Chiefs of certain
tribes near Aden to acknowledge the supremacy of
the Sultan, expressed their opinion that any inter
ference on the part of the Turkish Government with
those Chiefs who had treaties with or received
stipends from us was most dangerous to our in
terests at Aden, and should be “ most peremptorily
“ prevented.” The Government of India further
stated that, under certain contingencies, they would
be prepared, if Her Majesty’s Government con
sidered such a course desirable, to take the Chiefs
directly under their protection, and to engage to
defend them from aggression.
2. The Secretary of State for India (Duke of
Argyll) having telegraphed to the Viceroy (Earl of
Northbrook) that the Foreign Office wished for dis
tinct proof of the right to take the Yemen Chiefs
under protection, the Government of India replied,
on the 11th April 1873, that the question of the right
of the British Government might be viewed in two
aspects, viz., 1st, our right as regards the alleged
claims of the Turkish Government, and, 2ndly, our
right as regards the Chiefs themselves.
3. With regard to the first aspect of the question,
the Government of India mentioned,—
(a) That the Chiefs were, and for the last
century had been, independent of Turkish
influence and control.
(b) That the British Government had already
entered into treaty relations with these
Chiefs, without reference to Turkey or
any other foreign Power, and might
conclude fresh engagements with them,
if deemed expedient.
(c) That the Chief of the largest and most im
portant tribe, the Abdali, had distinctly
claimed British assistance, and asked for
protection.
(d) That the Chiefs, while independent of Turkey,
had not been so of the British Government,
which for years had paid them stipends,
and frequently interfered to settle their
intertribal quarrels.
4. In regard to the question of the rights of the
British Government as regards the Chiefs them
selves, the Government of India, while considering
themselves free to impose any measures on the
16211. I. 2491. A

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This printed memorandum, compiled on 1 November 1887 by E Neel at the Secret and Political Department of the 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. , contains excerpts of correspondence sent and received by the Government of India between 14 February 1873 and 19 August 1887.

The main subject is the extension of the British Protectorate scheme to tribes on the Hadramaut [Hadramawt] Coast, between Muscat and Aden.

On folio 139 there is a reference to 'Map of Arabian Coast from Shaikh Said to Oman (Muscat)' which says: 'See IOR: Maps W/LPS/18/B.47 (i)'.

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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 136, and terminates at f 139, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-149; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same poistion as the main sequence.

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