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File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [132v] (48/152)
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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8, After these interviews I returned onboard the R. I. M.S.“Elphin-
stone ” and was followed in the afternoon by the Sultans, Sayids, and some
of the leading Sheikhs whom I asked to accompany me to Aden to see the
Kesidency. We sailed from Balahaf at 5 p. M. on the 9th instant and arrived
at Aden about 5 p. M. on the afternoon of the 10th. I had further inter
views with some of the Sultans and Sheikhs on the wav into Aden, and have
since arrival had further conversations with several of them connected with
the subject of my inquiry and the examination of the documentary evidence
produced. The names of the party who accompanied me to Aden are as
follows:—
1. Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh,
2 . Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla,
3. Sultan Abdulla bin Husein,
4. Sayid Salim bin Ahmed Mansab of Habban,
5. Sayid Kasim bin Ali,
6 . Sayid Omar bin Salim bin Aidroos,
7. Sheikh Awadth bin Hadi Sulamani,
8 . Sheikh Saeed bin Nasir A1 Jusari,
9. Sheikh Saeed bin Salim bin Suwedan of Bani Subami,
10. Sheikh Nasir bin Mohsin of Ahl bin Umar bin Ali.
11. Sheikh Hasan bin Nasir of Fahid,
12 .
18.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20 .
21 .
22 .
23.
24.
Sheikh Muhammad bin Hasan Lin Abdul Saboor (brother of Kboti of Bowdah),
Sheikh Ali bin Asaslam (cousin of Mansoor bin Nasir bin Kabtoor),
Follower Ahmad bin Abdulla ba Hada,
„ Salim bin Nasir bin Zaksar (of Hayasim),
», Ahmad bin Ali of A1 Jasari,
„ Salim bin Awadth of A1 Jasari,
„ Ali bin Abdulla of Habtoor,
„ Saeed bin Ali of Abdali,
,, Muhammad bin Hadi of Sulamani,
„ Nakib Saleh bin Umar,
„ Abdul Rahman bin Mohamed bin Ahmed,
„ Muhammed bin Kasim.
,, Abdulla Muslim.
1. Sultan Saleh bin Ahmad,
2 . Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla (cousin),
3. Follower Ahmad bin Saleh,
^Of Bir Ali
4. „ Ahmad bin Abdul Rub,
>, Mohammed bin Abdul Karim,
6 . „ Ali bin Salim, J
9. Since return to Aden I have also interviewed a few of the leading mer
chants of the town of Habban previously referred to as the old capital of the
ahidi country and I have, 1 think, on the whole fully tapped all possible
sources of information on the subject into which my orders were to inquire,
with the following result.
10. As to the feeling of the Sultans and Sheikhs of the TV ahidi on the
subject of the sultanate, there is I think no doubt that all the more important
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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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