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File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [119v] (22/152)
The record is made up of 1 item (74 folios). It was created in Sep 1904-Jul 1906. 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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On one rupee stamped paper.
1. That on the 23rd of the month of A1 Kadah A1 Haram 1318 there
appeared before me and in my presence the Chiefs of the relations of Nasar bin
Abdallah, viz., Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh and his brother Ahmed bin Saleh bin
Nasar and undertook on behalf of their brother Hussein bin Saleh, on the one
part, and Saleh bin Abdallah bin Ahmed on the other part has undertaken on
behalf of his nephew Bubakar bin Nasar bin Abdallah. The aforesaid Chiefs
of the relations of Nasar bin Abdallah undertook that no one of them should
sell dispose of or lease to any Power, or to the Kayti, or to any Poreign Gov
ernment, or to any person except to the aforesaid relations of S'asar bin Abdal
lah.
2. That Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh should neither sell nor dispose of, nor
lease to any Power, Kayti or to any person, any part from Husun Al Gurab to
A1 Jaweri, Al Ain and Umayer either by the sea or on the land.
3. That all those who possess any part in Balahaf and Gila their right of
ownership over the same should remain as it is and every one should have his
right. As a guarantee for what is written hoein are the Almighty God, His
Prophet and the British Government. Sayad Umar bin Ali bin Ahmed has
written this by the order, free will and consent of the aforesaid. None of the
relations of Nasar bin Abdallah should sell or dispose of the above-mentioned
Balahaf or Gila to anyone except to the above-meutioned Chiefs of the relation
of Nasar bin Abdallah.
(Signed) Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh and on behalf of
Hussein bin Saleh.
( »> ) Saleh bin Abdallah bin Ahmed and on
behalf of Bubakar bin Nasar.
( »» ) Ahmed bin Saleh bin Nasar and on behalf
of bis brother Hussein bin Saleh.
Witnesses—
Muhamad bin Salim bin Muhamad Daban.
Abdallah bin Hussein bin Mohsin Al Wahidi.
No. 8 is a duplicate of the above.
No. 4.
Dated 23rd Al Kadah 1318.
. Th A e r e , a PP®? r ^ , before us a g 00 ' 1 number of the subjects of the Goyernment
ot the Abd-al-V\ alnd, namely, those whose names are given on the face of this
paper and signed in favour of Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh acknowledging him as
ruler of the Abd-al-Wahid. 5 D
(Signed) Sayad Umar bin Muhamad bin Abdulla Al Muhdar.
( „ ) Muhamad bin Bubakar Daban.
( i, ) Abdulla Muhamad Alawai.
( ,, ) Muhamad Salim Daban.
( ,, ) Ahmed bin Umar.
( „ ) Abdalla bin Ahmed bin Said Ba Kais.
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Part 5 of the file relates to the negotiations over a treaty with the Wahidi [al-Wāḥidī], ruling family of Balahaf [Balhaf] and Bir Ali [Bīr ‘Alī].
The correspondents include:
- General Harry Macan Mason, 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;
- 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, Foreign Department;
- numerous tribal leaders and representatives.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- the power struggle between Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh (al-Wāḥidī) and his father, Saleh bin Abdullah;
- Mohsin bin Saleh's submission to the British in December 1904 and his subsequent election as chief of Balhaf;
- Saleh bin Abdullah's attempt to sell his share of Balhaf to Sultan Ghalib of Maculla [al-Mukallā];
- the conclusion of a treaty with the Wāḥidīs on 13 November 1905.
Folios 158-161 contain tables of information on the tribal sections and sub-sections under the Wāḥidīs authority, a list of Wāḥidī villages, and a Wāḥidī genealogical chart.
Folio 148 is a copy of the final treaty between the British and the Wāḥidīs.
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- File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf'
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- 109r:147v, 149r:184v
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