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File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [140r] (63/152)
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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53
Office Notes.
The Resident interviewed the Sultans, Sayids and Sheikhs of the Wahidi
tribes whose names are entered in attached list this morning and witnessed
their signature on the attached document signifying their desire that Sultan
Mohsin bin Saleh should be recognised as titular Sultan of the Wahidi and not
Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla, and their consent to abide loyally by their selection
if the same received the sanction of Government.
He informed them that this document signifying their wishes would be
forwarded to Government for orders.
He then interviewed Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh and informed him that the
whole case would now be referred to Government for orders and that meanwhile
one of his brothers must remain in Aden pending the orders of Government.
Sultan Mohsin was informed that he might send in his brother Ahmed to take
Husain’s place whenever he liked. He was also informed that he might mean
while himself remain here or return to his country pending the orders of Gov
ernment whichever he liked.
Sultan Mohsin then asked for a present and an advance of stipend. He
was informed that something would be given to him to help him pay the ex
pense of his journey, but that an advance of stipend could of course not be made
pending the orders of Government in his case. The interview then closed.
19th May 1905.
(Sd.) R. dk B. HANCOCK, Captain,
Acting First Assistant Resident.
List of the names of the Sultans, Sayids and Sheikhs of th e tribesmen of the
Wahidi interviewed by the Resident at Aden on the 19th May 1905.
Sultan Husen bin Saleh.
Sultan Abdulla bin Husen.
Sayid Salim bin Ahmed bin Ali A1 Mahdar.
Sayid Kassim bin Ali A1 Mahdar.
Omer bin Salim bin Sheikh Bubaker bin Salim.
Sultan Saleh bin Nasir bin Ali A1 Wahidi.
Sheikh Awadth bin Hadi Sulamani.
Sheikh Sayid bin Nasir A1 Jasari.
Sheikh Sayid bin Salim Ba Hakina.
Nasir bin Mohsin bin lima bin Ali.
Mahamed bin Hassan bin Abdul Saboor.
Ali bin Yaslam bin Habtoor.
Hasan bin Nasir bin Fahid.
Sayid bin Ali Abdali.
Salim bin Nasir Ba Tawil.
We the undersigned Sultans, Sayids and Sheikhs of the tribesmen of
the Wahidi, do hereby truly and solemnly declare that it is our wish that Sultan
Mohsin bin Saleh bin Nasir bin Abdulla should be Chief Sultan of the Wahidis.
We ourselves elect him and nobody else to that position. We do not wish Sul
tan Saleh bin Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Nasir to be considered Chief Sultan of
the Wahidis and we do not ourselves elect him to that position.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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