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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [‎103v] (202/212)

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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The said Sheikh Abdul Rahman-bin-Kassim-as-Sakkaf further promises on
behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, and his tribesmen that they will
keep open the roads in the country of the Muflahai, and that they will protect
all persons who may be going in the direction of Aden for the purpose of trade
or returning therefrom. In consideration thereof the British Government
agrees to pay to the said Sheikh and to his successors a monthly sum of forty
(40) dollars, the half of which is twenty dollars.
The above treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness thereof the
undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at Dthala, this Twenty-
seventh day of August One thousand nineffiundred and three.
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.
Telegram, No. 2275 E.-A., dated the 24th September 1903.
From—The Foreign Secretary, Simla,
To—The 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, Poona.
Your 220 P., dated 16th September.
Muflahai Treaty will be ratified simultaneously with Dtlmbi and Mausatta
Treaties on receipt of notice of date asked for in my telegram, 1st September.
Telegram, No. 252 M., dated the 15th October 1903.
From—The 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, Maha-
To—The Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Copy of letter from Maitland, No. 255, dated 13th September, is being
posted to you to-day. He asked for confirmation to provisional treaty with
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P. J. Maitland, Major-General,
Resident at Aden.
Witnesses —
G. Warneford, Captain,
Assistant 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.
Syed Hamood-bin-Hason,
Clerk.
Abdul Rahman-bin-Kassim, al Mujlahai.
Witnesses —
Saleh-bin-Kassim-as-Sakkaf, al Mujlahai.
Nashir Husen, al Mujlahai.
CURZON,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
Louis W. Dane,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.
bleshwar,

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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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