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Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate' [181v] (362/376)
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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that a formula had at last been found which satisfied the two
points of view. Thereupon I said that I had not intended to
express an opinion without reference to Sir Gilbert Clayton first,
but that since such astonishing optimism had been expressed, I
felt bound to say there and then that, in my own opinion, the
counter-draft before us was unacceptable and did not even provide
a basis for discussion. I asked them, however, to await a hnaljg^
opinion after reference to Sir Gilbert Clayton and I requested that,
in the meanwhile, they should prepare a complete counter-draft of
the whole treaty, so that their opinion might be placed on record.
The meeting then rose (10.30 a.m.).
G. A.
Seventh Meeting.
2 o. The seventh meeting was held on Saturday, the 6 th
February, and, as Mr. Antonins was unfortunately ill with an
attack of fever, I received the Imam’s representatives myself,
Sheikh Muhammad Salim being present as interpreter, t opened
the proceedings by stating that Mr. Antonins had informed me
of the result of theij previous discussions and that the attitude
which he had taken up was fully in accordance with my views. I
further informed the representatives that I was unable to accept
the draft of Article 3 which they had submitted to Mr. Antonins
at the last meeting and that I had hoped that, after three days’
deliberation, they would be in a position to put forward proposals
which would form a basis for discussion.
26. Qadi ‘Abdullah then made a long and rambling speech, in
which he repeated much of what he had already said to Mr.
Antonius at the previous meetings. He was followed by Sayyid
‘Abdullah ibn Ibrahim who spoke in a similar strain, but who also
failed to produce anything in the shape of concrete proposals or
even suggestions.
27. I felt that these vague generalities were probably a prelude
to something more definite and my surmise was proved correct
when, at the conclusion of Sayyid ‘Abdullah’s discourse, the Qadi
produced a document which he informed me contained their
counter-draft of a complete treaty (Annexure 6 ).
28. I did not read or discuss this document at the time, but
informed them that I would consider it carefully and discuss it
with the Imam himself. I then closed the meeting by giving
them a brief statement of the principles which His Majesty’s
Government had instructed me to maintain and on which any
agreement must be based, expressing the hope that the terms of
their counter-draft would not prove to be incompatible with those
principles or differ materially from the Draft of August, 1924,
which had already received the considered approval of His
Majesty’s Government.
Eighth Meeting.
29. The eighth meeting was held at the Palace at 9 a.m. on
Tuesday, the 9th February. There were present the Imam,
Raghib Bey, Mr. Antonius and myself. I opened the proceed
ings by informing His Highness that the counter-draft presented
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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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