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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [‎70v] (136/212)

The record is made up of 1 item (104 folios). It was created in Jan 1904-Feb 1920. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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dependents and not a regular section of the Yaffai-as-Saffah Fi
further knowledge of the tribe we have now gained, I think the Daudi may
eliminated as a section, and the Hadthrami substituted Ihey are quite imle
pendorit of any other section, while the Daudi appear to be ircc y s 1
Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omar, and would therefore be covered by the treaty
tlie latter.
5 . I would further ask permission to conclude a treaty on the same terms,
and granting the same stipend, with Sheikh Ah Mana-as-Sakladi, the heredi
tary Sheikh of the whole Shaibi clan. I did not originally contemplate enter
in 0, into any separate agreement with the Shaibi, but Captain jU* no ,
opinion tU Jthe Shaibi are actually on the frontier, and the Mausa ta have
somewhat less power over them than we supposed, a t^^,.^h Al' i ana
and his successors, and the grant of a small stipend would dist nctly tend to
the peace and security of that part of the border. I concur in this view and
I venture to hope that sanction to the engagement may be conveyed by tele
gram, so that it can be carried out before 1 leave for Aden at the end of
October.
6 . With regard to the announcement of the treaties, the permission given
me to delay doing this in Government of India telegram No. 20C4.K, of 1st
Septemberjhas been very useful, more particularly in the case of the Maiisatta.
I propose, however, to announce the treaties before leaving Dtbala for Aden
and will telegraph the date later.
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Part 6 of the file relates to treaty relations with tribal sections of the Upper Yaffai [Upper Yafa].

The correspondents include:

Several matters are covered by the papers, including:

  • a treaty with Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omer Har-Hara [Qaḥṭān bin ‘Umar al-Harhara] of the ruling dynasty of the Yaffa'i al-Sufal tribe;
  • treaties with the Muflahai [Al-Muflihi], Mausatta [Al-Mawsata], Hadthrami [Al-Hadhrami], Al-Shaibi, and Dthubi [Al-Dhubi] sections of the Yaffa'i al-Sufal tribe;
  • treaties with the ruler of Behan-Al-Kasab [Bayḥān al-Qasāb] and the ruler of the Upper Aulaqi territory;
  • an agreement with Shaikh Mutahir Ali [Muṭahir ‘Alī] of ‘Ardaf in Shaib to maintain boundary pillars along the borders of his territory;
  • the question of who should be recognised as Sultan of the Upper Yafa, particularly after the death of Qaḥṭān bin ‘Umar in September 1913;
  • payment of a regular stipend to the Sultan.

Folio 98 is a genealogical chart of the Sultans of Yaffa'i al-Sufal.

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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [‎70v] (136/212), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/75/3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026748149.0x000092> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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