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Coll 1/7 'Protectorate Tribes: Relations with HMG; Conference of Tribal Chiefs' [‎55r] (109/122)

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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LAHEJ ADDRESS.
Your Highness and Chiefs.
I need hardly tell you nhat a great
pleasure it is to me to be present at this -
the second - Assembly of a number of representative
chiefs from the western part of the Aden Protectorate,
and I take this early opportunity to express to
Sultan Abd-elDKarim our thanks for having enabled us
to meet together under these very pleasant conditions
and on Protectorate soil, the proper meeting place,
I feel, for Arab chiefs who are bound together for
purposes of mutual co-operation by their Pact signed
here 18 months ago and by their treaties with His
Majesty’s Government.
I should like, with your permission,
briefly to mention some of the more important events
affecting the Protectorate which have happened since
our last conference.
Firstly, as regards Yemen affairs. His
Highness the Imam, as you ail know, was engaged with
a revolt in the Tihama which was not suppressed until
last Autumn when the principal Zaranik chiefs
tendered their submission. I may mention that
applications for assistance made to me by them and
other chiefs were firmly refused, and it was made
clear that it is not the policy of His Majesty*s
Government to interfere in any way with the domestic
affairs of the Yemen. His Highness the Imam has
also

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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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