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Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate' [‎174v] (348/376)

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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Article 4 .
His Highness the Imam agrees that the territories lying in the
southern part should remain as at present in the hands of the
Chiefs whose names are enumerated below. His Highness under
takes to prevent by all the means at his disposal any incursion by
his anned forces, while Great Britain undertakes to prevent the
entry of any of her armed forces into those territories. His^
Highness the Imam will also prevent any interference on the
part of his subjects with the affairs of the inhabitants of those
territories on condition that no aggression be committed, whether
by His Britannic Majesty’s Government or by one of the Chiefs
referred to above, on any of the territories which are at present
in the hands of His Highness the Imam. Here follows the list
of Chiefs: —
(The list is identical with that given in the Imam’s first draft,
Annexure G, save for the addition of The Audali and Tabal
Radfan.)
Article 5.
In the event of His Highness the Imam applying to His
Britannic Majesty’s Government in the first instance for the
supply of such arms, ammunition, war material and equipment
as he may require, His Britannic Majesty’s Government shall
supply him with his requirements at fair and moderate rates and
with all possible speed. If for any reason His Britannic Majesty’s
Government are unable to supply His Highness the Imam’s
requirements within two months, and at a moderate price, His
Highness will then be free to apply for his requirements to any
Government or Company without restriction.
Article 6 .
In the event of His Highness the Imam applying to His
Britannic Majesty’s Government for the selection of such
engineers, doctors and other professional men, and of such
medicines, machinery, telegraph and wireless plants as he may
lequue, or should he desire to undertake projects of an economic
nature such as the construction of railways, or the exploitation
of mines, or similar works, and were to apply to His Britannic
Majesty’s Government, the latter shall supply him with his
requiiements at fair and moderate rates and without delay. If
for any reason, His Britannic Majesty’s Government are unable
to meet His Highness the imam’s requirements, they will so
inform him without delay.
Article 7.
[/ his Article is identical with Article 6 in the first counter-draft
forming Annexure 6 , and is not reprinted.]
Article 8 .
[I'his Article is identical with Article 7 in the first counter-draft
forming Annexure 6 , and is not reprinted.]

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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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