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File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [147v] (78/152)
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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The Committee, however, consider that the treaty in its existing form is
perfectly intelligible to the tribesmen and no misconstruction would be likely
to occur.
E. O’BKIENT, Captain^
Assistant Resident, Aden.
ABDUL KADEB MAHOMED MAEKANI.
AHMED BIN SYED HASON,
Head Master.
MAHOMED ALL
Submitted to the Eirst Assistant Resident with compliments. Three
copies of the treaty and correspondence are herewith returned.
The 7th March 1906.
E. O’BRIEN,
Assistant Resident.
No. 1811-E.B. dated Simla, the 3rd May 1906.
From—The Assistant Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign
Department,
To—The Hon’blb Sir S. W. Edqerley, K.C.V.O., C.I.E., Chief Secretary to the
Governmeut of Bombay.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 2398, dated
the 27th March 1906, relating to the treaty which was concluded with Sultan
Mohsin bin Saleh of the Wahidi tribe of Balahaf on the 13th November 1905.
2. The treaty has been ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General in
Council, and two out of the three counterparts received, are returned herewith
one for delivery to the Sultan, and the other for record by the Government
of Bombay. The third has been retained for deposit in the archives of the
Foreign Department of the Government of India.
3. With reference to the Resident’s remark “that it is understood
that the English version of the Treaty is the only authoritative version,” I
am to say that the Government of India consider that a clause should be
inserted in future treaties expressly stating that the English is to be regarded
as the authoritative version.
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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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