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decided that Sheikh Mutahir Ali should he paid a sum of seven dollars per
mensem in consideration of the assistance he had rendered to the British
Government, and particularly the Aden Boundary Commission, and also mainly
for the preservation of the four boundary pillars on his borders. An agreement
to this effect was thereupon concluded on the 24th October 1903, and a copy
of it is herewith enclosed for the information of Government.
2 . It would seem that, as this monthly allowance was paid from the
Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). presents, Captain Warneford did not deem it necessary to obtain the
previous sanction of Government. However, as the Accountant-General con
siders that the sanction of Government is necessary for the charges which have
already been incurred, and which may be incurred hereafter, I have the honour
to apply for the same. The Sheikh in question is, it is reported by the present
Political Officer, pre-eminently a loyal friend of Government, and of no little
importance, not alone in the Shaibi country, but also as a medium m our
relations with the Upper Yaffai country, the friendship of whose Sheikhs and
tribesmen it is the Political Officer’s prime duty closely to cultivate.
Agreement between the Resident at Aden and the Sheikh Mutahir Ali of Ardaf in Skaib,
regarding the care of the boundary pillars.
The Resident will pay always to the Sheikh Mutahir Ali from the kind
ness of Government the sum of dollars seven^ per mensem in token of the
friendship and assistance rendered by the said Sheikh to the British^ Govern
ment, and particularly to the Aden Boundary Commission. The said Sheikh
agrees to always remain in friendship and obedience to the British Government
and in assistance to its officers, and also that he will preserve and guard the
boundary pillars that have been put up on the frontier of the said Sheikh’s
country, and when they are damaged or broken that he will repair them.
Signed at Dthala the twenty-fourth day of October 1903, corresponding to
3 rd day of Shaban 1321 H.
G. Wauneiord, Captain,
Political Officer, on behalf of 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. , Aden.
Witness—
Sajyid Hamud-bin-Hasan.
Musaid bin Mutahir,
on behalf of Sheikh Mutahir Ali.
the
No. 2618 E.-B., dated Simla, the 10th July 1905.
From—The Assistant Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign
Department,
To—The Hon'ble Mr. S. W. Edgerley, C.I.E., Chief Secretary to the Govern
ment of Bombay.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 3808, dated
17th June 1905, requesting sanction to the charge of Rs. 105-4-5, paid to
Rashid Kasim on behalf of Sheikh Mutahir Ali, for inspecting and guarding
the boundary pillars on the Shaibi border, from the 25th January to 31st
December 1904, and to the charges on that account for future months.
2. In reply, I am to state that the expenditure is sanctioned, and that the
agreement entered into by the late Captain Warneford, on the 4th October
1903, with Sheikh Mutahir Ali of Ardaf in Shaib may be allowed to stand.