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Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate' [182v] (364/376)
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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52
Ninth Meeting.
33 . The ninth meeting took place at the Palace at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, the 10th February. There were present the Imam,
Raghib Bey, Mr. Antonins and myself. I made a statement in
which T informed the Imam that, after a very careful review of
the position, I had drawn up an alternative draft which went a
long way towards meeting the wishes he had expressed at yester-JJfe
day’s meeting, in that it specifically reserved for future settle
ment his claims to suzerainty over certain territories, without,
however, admitting their validity in any way. I then asked Mr.
Antonins to read out an Arabic translation of my proposal (see
Annexure 7). After a short conversation, in which I explained
to the Imam that this draft was to be considered as my final offer,
to be accepted or rejected without further discussion of the prin
ciple embodied in it, I took my leave on the understanding that
another meeting was to be held on the following day at which
His Highness would give me his reply.
Tenth Meeting.
34 . The tenth meeting was held at the Palace at 9 a.m. on
Thursday, the 11th February, with the same attendance as pre
viously. The Imam stated that he had read my last draft and
that he considered that, in principle, it met the case. He had,
however, two observations to make. In the first place, he would
prefer the clause about evacuation to be removed from the Treaty
and to form the subject of a separate understanding. He would
ask for this only in case the proposed Treaty were likely to be
published; but if it were to remain a secret treaty, then the clause
might be retained in its place. The second point was that he felt
unable to evacuate the Dhala region. He argued that the feeling
in the country made it out of the question for him to give it
up after five years of occupation during which the administration
had been organised on permanent lines, order had been restored
to a degree unknown before in the history of Dhala, and the
people of that region were unanimous in wishing him to remain.
On the other hand, he was prepared to consider the rights of the
Amir of Dhala, who had a treaty with His Majesty’s Government,
and he was willing to reinstate him in his Amirate and restore
his former prerogatives as far as possible.
35. I replied that, with regard to the question of publicity, there
would be no objection to removing the clause relating to evacua
tion from the body of the Treaty and making it the subject of
a separate undertaking. But with regard to the Dhala region,
I pointed out to the Imam that non-evacuation would be a breach
of one of the principles laid down as fixed by His Majesty’s
Government, namely, withdrawal from the Protectorate, and that
I could not consent to it. A discussion ensued, and at length it
was agreed that the work of drawing up a joint draft for sig
nature should proceed at once, while I would have a further
meeting with PI is Highness on the subject of Dhala on the follow
ing Saturday. I then asked the Imam to arrange for his repre
sentatives to meet Mr. Antonins as soon as possible so that the
work of drafting might begin without delay, and suggested also
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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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