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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [85r] (165/212)
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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INDIA
i-
No. 7 of 1904.
GOVERNMENT OF
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
SECRET.
External.
To
The Right Hon’ble St. JOHN BRODRICK,
ILis Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
With reference to the Viceroy’s telegram, dated the 12th September
1903, we have the honour to forward, for the information of His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for India, copies of Protectorate Treaties concluded with the
Sheikhs of the Dthubi, Mausatta, and Muflahai clans of the U pper, Yaifai ,
and with Sultan Kahtan as representing the dependents of this tribe, togetKer
with copies of the connected papers cited in the attached list. The treaties
were ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General in Council, the three first
mentioned on the 26th October, and the last on the 31st December 1903.
2. The four treaties are for practical purposes identical, except that in
the case of that with the Mausatta clan, for the reasons explained by General
Maitland in paragraph 14 of his letter of the 2nd August 1903, the protective
clause is omitted. In view of the undertaking embodied in the convention
that the tribe will abstain from entering into relations with any foreign Power,
this omission appears to be immaterial. The monthly stipends allowed by the
Dollars. Dollars, treaties in each case are shown in the
Dthubi 40 Muflahai 40 margin
'Monautta fin Sultan Kahtan 50 0 *
Port William, the 14th January 1004.
Sir,
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servants,
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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:
- Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden;
- Political Officer, Dthala [al-Ḍāli‘];
- 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. ;
- Government of India;
- 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. , London;
- Foreign Office, London.
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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- 3r:58r, 59r:74v, 76r:76v, 78r:78v, 80r:89v, 91v:99v, 101v:102v, 104r:104v, 106r:108v
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