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Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate' [161v] (322/376)
The record is made up of 1 file (188 folios). It was created in 14 Feb 1929-1 Aug 1939. 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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whether, or not, an agreement was possible. The Imam seemed
to think that he might find himself able to accept these proposals,
but asked if he might have twenty-four hours in which to think
them over. I therefore left the provisional draft with him on
the understanding that he would give me his reply on the follow
ing day.
24. On the 11 th February I again visited the Imam and aske^*
him for a reply on the subject of the provisional draft which T
had submitted to him on the previous day. His Highness
replied that lie had considered it and that, in view of his sincere
desire to come to an agreement, he was prepared to accept the
draft with a few verbal alterations, but that he would greatly
prefer that the Article dealing with his withdrawal from occupied
districts in the Aden Protectorate should not appear in the treaty
but should be made the subject of an exchange of letters. As
the Article in question does not appear in the Draft of August,
1924, I saw no objection to acceding to this request.
25. The Imam then said that there was one point on which
he found himself absolutely unable to give way. He could not
possibly agree to withdraw from the district of Dhala and those
other districts where his regular administration had been in
existence for some years, was now fully established and had
resulted in a state of good order and security hitherto unknown
to the population. I replied deeply regretting a decision which
was in direct opposition to my instructions from Plis Majesty’s
(jovernment and which would, I feared, render the conclusion
of a treaty impossible. I he Imam, however, maintained his
attitude firmly, though he showed considerable concern and
urge'd me to see whether I could not suggest some way out of
the difficulty.
I was very reluctant to break off negotiations there and then,
and so nullify all the progress which had been made up to date;
moreover, I wished to see how far the Imam was prepared to
meet me on all other points. I therefore informed His High
ness that 1 would discuss this specific question with him finally
at a later date provided we could in the meantime come to an
agreement in regard to a complete draft of a treaty. The Imam
concurred and agreed to send his representatives at once with a
view to completing discussions on the various Articles of the
Draft of August, 1924.
26. After lengthy discussion lasting for three days, Mr.
Antonius succeeded in obtaining the agreement of the Imam's
representatives to a draft of the treaty which was substantially
m accordance with the Draft of August, 1924, with the exception
ot some five or six points on which agreement was not arrived
at and which were therefore reserved for discussion between the
Imam and myself.
anu au^ccucu ni reaenmg agree
nient a ! 1 ^ three important points, which were his recog
Protectorate Treaties, the definition of the frontie
J he . lan g ua §: e m which the treaty was to be concluded. Oi
e first two points the Imam was most persistent and producec
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The file contains papers regarding proposals to alter the basis of treaty relationships with tribes in the Aden Protectorate, comprising annotated treaty drafts, plus correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the 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. Political Department, the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner, then Governor), and the Air Ministry.
The correspondence primarily concerns a proposal by the Resident (Sir Stewart Symes) to replace existing individual tribal treaties with a single instrument, and to cease payments of fixed stipends for general service in favour of payments for services rendered. The proposed change in policy was later abandoned by the Chief Commissioner, Sir Bernard Reilly.
The correspondence also concerns Symes's conference at Lahej, and the pact with the Lahej and other Chiefs to defend against Yemeni incursion into the Aden Protectorate; the deteriorating relationship between the Aden Protectorate and the Imam of San'a; and the suggestion by the Resident that a Chiefs' council should be established along the lines of the tribal councils in Baluchistan, to act as the central authority for the settlement of tribal affairs.
The papers dated 1939 concern the Tripartite Agreement with the Qu'ayti [Qu'ayṭī] and Kathiri Sultans in the Aden Protectorate; the treaty between the British Government and Sultan Salih bin Ghalib Al Qu'ayti [Ṣāliḥ bin Ghālib Al Qu'ayṭī], Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla; and the reconstituted Qu'ayti-Kathari Agreement of 1918.
A copy of the Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton on his Mission to the Imam of San'a (Colonial Office, 1926) is enclosed at folios 156-187.
The following treaty and agreement drafts are found within the file:
- the agreement [the Lahej Pact] between the Chiefs of tribes and districts within the Aden Protectorate made 6 April 1929 in the presence of the Resident and Commander-in-Chief, ff 119-120;
- a draft treaty between the Chiefs of Upper Yafa and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, agreeing to adhere to the purposes of the Lahej Pact of 6 April 1929, ff 84-85, 64-65, and 46;
- a draft agreement reconstituting the Qu'ayti-Kathiri Agreement of 1918, between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, His Highness the Qu'ayti Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla, and the Kathiri Sultan of Seiyun, on behalf of the Sultans of the Family of 'Abdulla al Kathiri, dated 26 February 1939, ff 19-23;
- a draft treaty between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and Sultan Ja'far bin Mansur al Kathiri, Sultan of Seiyun, dated 2 March 1939, ff 17-18;
- a draft treaty between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'ayti, Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla, dated 13 August 1937, ff 3-6.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio one).
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- 1 file (188 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the folder.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; 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 15-188; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but have been superseded and therefore crossed out. A typescript pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 156-87.
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- Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate'
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 7r:16v, 24r:45v, 47r:63v, 66r:83v, 87r:118v, 121r:187v, back-i, back
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