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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [100v] (196/212)
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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VI
The above treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness thereof the
undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at Aden this Eleventh day
of May One thousand nine hundred and three.
P. J. Maitland, Brigadier-General,
Bolitical Resident,
Witnesses —
H. M. Abtjd, Lieut,-Col,,
Bolitical Agent and First Assistant Resident,
G. W. Bury.
[Seal of] Sheikh Mohammad Muthanna-bin-Atif Jabar.
[Signature of] Sheikh Amr-bin-Sheikh-Muthanna-bin-Atif Jabar.
Witnesses —
Abdalla-bin-Aidaros,
Mansab of Aden.
Ali Jaffer.
CUEZON,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
This treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in
Council at Simla on the 26th day of October, A. D. One thousand nine
hundred and three.
LOUIS W. DANE,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.
Treaty with the Mausatta section of the Yaffai-as-Saffal.
The British Government and Sheikh Ali-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim and his
brother, Sheikh Mohsin-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim, the Nakibs of the Mausatta
section of the tribe \ affai-as-Saffal, being desirous of entering into relations of
peace and friendship ;
The British Government have named and appointed Brigadier-General
Pelham James Maitiand, C.B., Political Besident at Aden, to conclude a treaty
for this purpose.
The said Brigadier-General Pelham James Maitland, C.B., and the Nakibs
Ali-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim and Mohsin-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim aforesaid
have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :—
I
There shall be peace and friendship between the British and the Mausatta.
The subjects of the British and the tribesmen of the Mausatta shall each
be free to enter the territories of the other; they shall not be molested, but
shall be treated with respect at all times and in ail places. The Nakibs of the
Mausatta shall visit Aden when they please. Ihey shall be treated with
respect and be given passes to carry arms.
II
The said Nakibs Ali-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim and Mohsin-bin-Askar-bin-
Ali Kasim hereby agree and promise on behalf of themselves, their heirs and
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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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