File 600/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Hinterland: Proposed Treaties with the Sultans of Beda and Audali; Treaty with Beda held in abeyance' [‎209r] (49/158)

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[No. 4057, dated Bombay Castle, the 16th June 1911.
From— C.^A^Kincaid, Esq., 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
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign'Department.
No r /Ti C ?l ‘ M i C i 0 M eSp0 ,/ eri ^ endir ‘g with F °wign Department letter
No. 972 E.B., dated the 11th May 1910,1 am directed to forward herewith, for the
* Letter from the 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. , Aden, ^ n ^ orma tion of the Government of India,
No. C.-250, dated the 6th August 1910 . ' copies of the correspondence noted in the
., the / r T sal of the
Letter from the 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. , Aden, rolltlc ai Kesident, Aden, for the conclusion
No. C.- 182 , dated the 13 th May 1911 . ' of protectorate treaties with the Beda and
^ 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. , Audali Sultans.
No. 4056, dated the 16th June 1911.
*The proposal to conclude a treaty with the
Audali Chief was negatived by the Government
of India in their! letter No, 4945-E.B., dated
the 30th December 1907.
Proposal to conclude protectorate treaties with the Sultans of Beda and Audali.
No. C.-250, dated the 6th August 1910.
From— Brigadier-General J. A. Bell, Acting 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. , Aden,
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
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rom entering mto any further negotiations with the Sultan of Beda whh a yTew
o e cone usion of a treaty, and to confine my intercourse with the Sultan to the i
maintenance of as cordial relations as pos,
sible. I see that the proposals to conclude
treaties with the Beda and Audalif Chiefs
, . have been negatived in view of the orders
My ., lb .
says that our strength will obviously be impaired and not augmented bv Quarrels
a/Lme e nte wTth/'hem t ” r :nd tl e 0n by “ ul «Plication oVformtl
agreements witn tiiem and concludes with these words “ no attomntq cLmiU i
^arv 1910 O ^t ifsVf^tWtif 8 '” In . y ° Ur Ietter No ' 1113 ’ dated ^he 17th Feb- I
Auh! loon’/ A ‘ that , th . e P 03lt ‘ on created by the proces verbal of the 20th
-mi Fxeell!± ? p nee u of * reat y of less importance than before and that
ths Excellency in Council is disposed to think that the terms of the vroces ver
bal would estop the Turks from entering into relations with Beda, or objecting to
position.” ^ and th&t S tr6aty With Beda W ° uld add very littIe stoagtb to this
2. I am inclined to think that there is some misapprehension as to the obiect
of concluding treaties with the Beda and Audali Chiefs. In the case of both these
Vide correspondence ending with the tele- Chiefs this Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. gave expectations—
gram from the Government of India, Foreign more especially to the Beda Chief—of the
&;iL No - 8U - KB " d “ ted th0 20th desire of Government to form treaties
j i ™ . Government for years were keen to brimr
the same Chief into treaty relations with the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. This indeed was at a
time w ben the position of this Chief’s territory was a doubtful one. i.e., Government
believed that, if we did not move in the matter, the Turks very probably would
negotiate with him. J
3. I would now observe that:—
(1) We have a treaty with Behan-al-Kasab and the Upper Aulaki, both
of which are above Beda and Audali, while the Upper Yafai tract lies
north-west of Beda and the Lower Yafai to south west of Beda and
west of Audah on the east of which again lies the Lower Aulaki. With
all of these, except Beda and Audali, we have treaties.