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Coll 1/22 'Payments to Tribal Chiefs' [‎16r] (31/196)

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The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 5 Nov 1927-21 Oct 1941. 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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The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
Aden, 25th June 1935.
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Sir,
I have the honour to report for your
information, the death of Sheikh Fadhl Ba , Abdullaii
13& Kaidara Mehdi al Aqrabi on the 9th June 1935
and the unanimous election of his son Muhammad Fadhl
anpd 14 years as his successor, by all his relations.
The ©lection has been confirmed by His Highness the
Sultan of LaheJ. During his minority his maternal
uncle Sheikh Haidara bin , Ali will act as his advisor
or regent.
This election is in order, and I have there
fore accorded recognition to Sheikh Muhammad Fadhl bin
Abdullah Ba haidara Mehdi al Aqrabi, and authorised
the payment to him o.f the stipend previously enjoyed
by his late father Sheikh Fadhl ha *Abdullah in
accordance with the authority contained in Colonial
Office despatch No.22 dated 30th May 1929.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant,
Signed: A. &. Lake.
His Majesty’s Secretary of State
for the Colonies, London.
Acting Resident
hABt

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The file contains correspondence regarding the stipends and pensions paid to tribal chiefs in the Aden Protectorate. The majority of the payments were established by treaty, and were paid to maintain trade routes. Government funding for Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). presents is also discussed.

The following agreements and events are documented in the file:

  • additional payments to be made to the Sultan Sir Abdul Karim Fadhl Ali of Lahej under the terms of the 1882 treaty for the purchase of Shaikh Othman [Ash Shaykh 'Uthmān], for water and salt rights compensation;
  • a statement showing stipendiaries in receipt of territorial and political pensions in the Aden Protectorate, as of September 1927 (f 93);
  • a statement giving the names of heads of tribes to whom pensions are payable from the Aden Treasury, as of September 1927 (f 94);
  • a statement showing the monthly stipends paid to Arab Chiefs in the Aden Protectorate (f 86);
  • letters regarding the provision for the entertainment of envoys and chiefs, and the Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). presents grant, to be included in the Vote for Middle Eastern Services (1928);
  • an application for financial assistance received from Shaikh Salim bin Saleh, Chief of the Dhubi Tribe of the Upper Yafai, plus the opinion of the Resident that the request should not be granted;
  • the payment of a personal monthly allowance to Mohamed Ali Mohsin, successor of the Ruling Nakid of the Mausatta Clan of Upper Yafa, as thanks for services rendered to the Aden Boundary Commission.

There is correspondence throughout the file regarding a claim by Sultan 'Omar bin 'Awadh ['Umar bin 'Awadh Al Qu'ayti], Sultan of Shehr and Mukalla, for the payment of arrears in a stipend not claimed by him from 1922-1932, and also for that not drawn by his predecessor Sultan Ghalib bin 'Awadh, from Oct 1917 until 1922. Following discussion it is decided to pay the arrears for 1922-1932, and that in future it will only be possible to claim payment in arrears covering the term of one year. This correspondence includes a summary of the treaty arrangements in the Aden Protectorate, and the importance of Mukalla to the British.

The following deaths and successions, and the approval of the continuation of stipends, are documented within the file:

  • the death of Shaikh 'Abdunnabi bin 'Ali Nasir, Shaikh of the Alawi Tribe, and the succession of Shaikh Muhsin bin Ali Nashir (ff 43-45);
  • the death of Shaikh Salih bin 'Awadh, Shaikh of the Rija'i section of the Subeihi Tribe, and the succession of his son, Shaikh Ahmed bin Salih bin 'Awad (ff 31-33);
  • the death of Sultan Muhsin bin 'Ali Mana of the Haushabi Tribe, and the succession of Sultan Sarur bin Muhammad Al Fajjari (ff 28-30);
  • the death of Shaikh Mutahar Mana', the Saqladi Shaikh of the Sha'ibi Tribe, and the succession of Shaikh Muhammad Muqbil Mutahar Mana' As Saqladi (ff 26-27);
  • the abdication of Sharif Ahemd Am Muhsin of Beihan, in favour of his grandson Salib bin Husein (ff 17-18);
  • the death of Shaikh Fadhl Ba 'Abdullah Ba Haidara Mehdi Al Agrabi, and election of his son Muhammad Fadhl (ff 15-16);
  • the death of Shaikh Ahmed bin Awadth Ba Das, Shaikh of Irqa, and the succession of his grandson Shaikh Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Awadth (ff 13-14);
  • the death of Sultan 'Umar bin Awadh al Qu'ayti of Shehr and Mukalla, and the succession of Sultan Ṣāliḥ bin Ghālib Al Qu'ayṭī (ff 9-11);
  • the death of 'Abdullah bin Husein, Sultan of the Fadhli Tribe, and the succession of his son Salih bin 'Abdulla (f 4).

The primary correspondents are: the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner, later Governor); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Sir William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Treasury Office, Aden (C A Falconer); the Political Secretary, Aden (Reginald Stuart Champion); the Treasury (Richard Valentine Nind Hopkins); and Sultan 'Omar bin 'Awadh, Sultan of Shehr and Mukalla.

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 1).

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1 file (98 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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