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Coll 1/7 'Protectorate Tribes: Relations with HMG; Conference of Tribal Chiefs' [12r] (23/122)
The record is made up of 1 file (61 folios). It was created in 24 Feb 1931-1 Jul 1935. It was written in English. 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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6, The tribes of the Aden Protectorate are now
safe from external aggression, and they shotald make use
of this safety for improving the condition of their
people, which can b© done only if they maintain peace
and put an end to their internal feuds and their
quarrels with their neighbours. The British Oovemment
will continue to protect and to help Chiefs who devote
themselves to this object, and it is necessary for
Chiefs and tribes on their side to observe strictly
their treaties with the British Oovernment. I regret
that recently the Muflahi and Mausata sections of the
Upper Tafa 1 !® have broken their treaty obligations with
the British Government by refusing admittance to two
British Officers into their country. Under the terms of
their treaties their tribesmen are allowed free
admittance into Aden, and for their part they must,
under the same terms, give free admittance to British
subjects into their country. It is therefore not
permissible for them to prevent British Officers from
passing through their territories, and the action of the
Muflahi and Mausata tribe an en is a breach of their
treaties, which have consequently been suspended until
they are prepared to honour them. I realise that the
Chiefs of these two sections did not wish to break their
treaties, but they must be held responsible for the bad
acts of their tribesmen, and they must find means to
bring their tribesmen to reason if they wish to retain th<
friend ship of the British Government and to remain under
its protection against foreign interference. At present
their treaties are under suspension, but there is a risk
that the British Government may cancel their treaties
altogether
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The file contains reports of the Aden Resident (George Stewart Symes, later Bernard Reilly) on the Second, Third and Fourth Lahej Conferences of the Tribal Chiefs of the Aden Protectorate (British Protected Tribes in Southern Arabia); plus copies of the opening and closing conference addresses, and correspondence with the Secretary of State for India regarding British policy.
The reports on the Second Conference (ff 50-61) discuss the following: frontier intelligence and protection; tolls and public security on caravan routes; the entertainment of subordinate Chiefs and the education of their sons at Aden; suggestions for the settlement of inter-tribal disputes; border disputes with Yemen, and the military actions of the Imam of Yemen; and King Ibn Sa'ūd's control of the Government of Asir.
Two dispatches from the Resident (ff 43-49) regarding the following: the settlement of tribal disputes, and the suggestion that a small council be appointed by the Chiefs for this purposes; Zeidi military demonstrations in the Beihan region, and a proposal to send Political Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Lake to conduct an investigation.
The reports on the Third Conference (ff 25-42) discuss the following: the adoption of rules of procedure for the settlement of inter-tribal disputes; treaty discussions with the Imam of Yemen; and a scheme for the medical instruction of selected tribesmen. Translated draft rules of procedure are appended to the correspondence.
The reports on the Fourth Conference (ff 2-24) discuss the following: the Anglo-Yemen Treaty (Treaty of San'a) of 1934; and the establishment of a college for the education of the sons of Tribal Chiefs.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained within the file by year. This is found at the end of the correspondence (folio one).
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- 1 file (61 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 61; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 52-60; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 1/7 'Protectorate Tribes: Relations with HMG; Conference of Tribal Chiefs'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 25r:41v, 42v:60v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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