File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [‎48r] (91/212)

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en^cmte the central power at Mahjaha will he working to achieve our.object
At pr^nt the spectacle we have is one of innumerable and divided interests
all working independently. We lack a centripetal force. Ihis re-union will,
I believe, crsate it. ^ r
No. 3149, dated the 25th May 1906. ,/P'
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Endorsed by Major-GiN^al E. DeBrath, OfEciating 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. , Ad«m.
Copy forwarded with col^pliments to the Secretary to Government in the
Political Department, Bombayv% continuation of: this Office No. 3114, dated
24th May 1906. .,* •
2. In the event of the rehabilitatl^ot iabtan, it is proposed to pay the
moiety of the $3,000 promised to him ap^n*^ after his re-entry into his dar.
P.D. Let^rao. 4732, dated the^h July 1906.
From—The Chief Secretary to the Government of Bo:
To—-The Politic^"Resident, Aden,
jf/r:
With reference to your No. 3149, dated the 25th May 19i^ reporting a
movement afnongst the Yaffai in favour ot the recognition ot SuHma Kahtan,
I am tp* say that you are authorized to pay down the remaining'ngoiety of
$3,00j0'^romised to Sultan Kahtan as due after his re-entry into his dar, prtmded
yoir'are satisfied that his position with the Yaffai tribe has been re-established
tothe extent contemplated at the time the payment was promised.
No. 244-P., dated Bombay Castle, the 15th September 1906.
From—The Hon’bleSir Steyning W. Edgerley, K.C.V.O., C.I.E., Chief Secretary
to the 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. , Political Department,
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To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
I am directed to advert to your letter* No 739'E.B., dated the 16th
•Pro No. 475 in Secret e., Jane 1903, Nos. 474. February 1906, on the subject of relations
480. with the Upper Yaffai, and more particu
larly with Sultan Kahtan.
2 . In that letter the Government of India expressed the view that, for
reasons given, the better policy was to continue recognition of Sultan Kahtan.
The papers were forwarded to the 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 for further report,
but no change in the position occurred until May when the Resident had an
int e rview with certain representatives of the Yaffai, on the 17th of that month,
of w hich I am to attach a note. It will be seen that this interview, and the
t Pro. No. £55 in Secret e , September 1906 , Nos. promises and undertakings which it in-
352 - 872 * volved, took place before receipt of the
despatch! of the Secretary of State of May the 4th. It will he seen from
this interview that it records a reconciliation between Sultan Kahtan and Saltan
J Enclosures to Pro, No. 474 in Secret E., June Ilaidara, wllO is, as described in the aCCODl" y
1906 , Nos. 474 490 . pamments to my letter]: No- 8304, dated
22nd December 1905, one of the most important forces amongst the Yaffai.
3. On a consideration of the promises made at that interview, the Resident
was told that if he ^vas satisfied that Sultan Kahtan’s position with the Yaffai
tribe had been re-established to the extent contemplated at the time the pay
ment was promised, he was authorised to pay down the remaining moiety of
3,000 dollars promised to Sultan Kahtan as due alter his re-entry into his dar,
the payment of which was discussed in the accompaniments of my letter of
hp • .... December 1905[] above referred to and
* Pr ”' No - 171 had been intended to enable him, by pay-
ment of blood money, to effect a reconciliation and re-establish himself in the
position he held when he first came down to Aden.
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