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Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate' [168v] (336/376)
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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impose greater taxes on the subjects of the other than on the
subjects of any other Government.
10 . His Britannic Majesty’s Government declare that they will
not interfere in His Excellency the Imam’s territory in any way,
and likewise His Excellency the Imam declares that he will not
either by sale, mortgage or gift, or in any other way, admit inter
ference in his territory by any other foreign Government. >■
11. For the purpose of the complete achievement of the longed-
for peace His Britannic Majesty’s Government undertake not to
give to any of the neighbouring Arab Chiefs who are in treaty
relations with them any help, support or supplies in the event of
aggression by the said Chiefs against the territories of His Excel
lency the Imam. In the event of any dispute arising between His
Excellency the Imam and any such Arab chief His Excellency the
Imam shall inform His Britannic Majesty’s Government as soon
as possible in older that His Britannic Majesty’s Government may
advise the Arab Chief concerned to refrain from such aggression
If the Chief does not accept their advice, then His Britannic
Majesty s Government undertake to restrain him by all peaceful
and practicable means in their power. Similarly, in the event of
any aggression by the Imam or by any of his officers or by any
rn,- r subordinates against any of the above-mentioned Arab
Chiefs His Britannic Majesty’s Government will notifv His Excel
lency the Imam as soon as possible, and His Excellency the Imam
undertakes to the best of his ability to stop such aggression.
. j vvionca lu inaugurate anv
scheme in any port or place or to lay any railwav line in his
country dig any mines, or undertake anything 'which would
develop the condition of trade in his territorv he shall make a
request for his requirements to His Britannic Majesty’s Govern
ment with a view to arrangements being made to carry out any
such P ro ject or projects; and, if his request is granted, then pre
ference shall be given tc them, but if for any reason His Britannic
Majesty s Government are unable to meet His Excellency the
hnam s requirements they will so inform him without delay, and
is Excellency the Imam shall then be free to make other arrange
ments provided that he gives prior notice to His Britannic
Majesty s Government of his intention and awaits their
acknowledgment thereof before doing so
—iincun win assist mis Britannic Ma estv’
Government m them efforts to suppress the traffic in Africa,
as thei/internat ' S f n H nnic Ma i es ‘y' s Government will, so fa
as their international obligations permit, do their best to heh
HlS Excellenc y the Imam in the preventioi
of the import of intoxicants, harmful drugs and lewd pastime
and mstruments forbidden by the Shari'a into the territories o
His Excellency the Imam. His Britannic Majesty’s Govern
Sid hTs F USe if eff ° r i tS t 0 prevent the im P° rt of the same by ses
and His Excellency the Imam’s Government will stop the traffir
in such things by land and confiscate the same in his territories
to whomsoever they belong. territories
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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