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Coll 1/7 'Protectorate Tribes: Relations with HMG; Conference of Tribal Chiefs' [13r] (25/122)
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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altogether if these Chiefs and their tribesmen continue
to fail to observe their conditions. I hope therefore
that the Chiefs concerned will consider this mtter
seriously and will exert themselves to see that they
and their tribesmen fulfil their treaty obligations
in future.
7. One of the principle causes of dissension
between tribes and between Chiefs and their Aqils and
tribesmen has been quarrels about arms and ammunition
that are issued by Government to the Chiefs. In many
cases the Chiefs pass on these munitions to others as
bribes for their good behaviour, and sometimes they
sell them. This is not the object for which Government
have issued these arms, and because they have been mis
used in this way, and also because there is no longer
the same need for defence against external aggression,
the Government intend largely to diminish the issue of
arms and ammunition, except for purposes which they
approve, such as the institution of tribal guards.
8. It is the policy of Government to promote
peace in the Protectorate, and Government hope to
advance the welfare of the Chiefs and of their tribes
by providing education for the sons and relatives of
Chiefs, and by giving medical education and establishing
dispensaries. \ ith these objects in view the Government
have now established a special College in Aden, in which
boys from the Protectorate will be educated. This
College Is being organised by a Political Officer,
Mr. Ingrams, who has had experience in such matters,
with a special staff of masters, who will look after the
teaching and
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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)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the rear to the front of the file.
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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'
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- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 25r:41v, 42v:60v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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