File 37/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Frontier Delimitation' [‎418v] (851/1104)

tins I was afraid lest by plant, in'the Se'ofVart
our subjects. Therefore I 0 t | e i a t e \v r . Muhammad Saleh a good
a British flag which was *° “^^Hrorfer. Muhammad Saleh Jaffer t
many years ago and was P^ut away^by h^o^ ^ m . ght hoigt it> in any
said that in CaS v s m ° ttfthis f wo“dhe an U honour e for us, and that the Turks
place in our limits, that . r( j ino . to th is advice I ordered my son to erect
would not then annoy us. f t Turkish soldiers with two mounted
the British flag and he <i' d - wh-forty Tu* flag ^
men presented themselves ai u * . ,, r ; son They were treated very
and four of our subjects much a S tonished and sought
cruelly and beaten. Then we . bec ^“® v ?7 _“^ ovill „ the British flag? We
discover the reason of their d ^ n |^“Jong the people, who is our friend
have heard from a servant o£ j h f bu " S rk a “,? a A g rmv ' ^ e nt out a spy to the
in secret, that the Commander^^^^ and that the said spy reported to the
camp of the British i° ice / f r op r vants savins; that there is no British
Commander that he heard of <•“« f ^the other villages, viz.,
protection on any place excep Abid etc are not under Dthali, as the
Wara, Beharan, Husen, f ^;?H„ t he rifetime of Amir AH Mukbil.
said villages were taken >y ie „, ^ . ar d these news, he ordered the Turks
mforciK take "aj e the 0 s a id e flag and its staff, believing the words of the
spy.
Now you may consider, sir, that the whole cause of this disturbance has
happened through your servant, and thus offence has been given to us, and to
the British Government, by the seizure of the flag and the breaking of the
flagstaff, and by our subjects being put in prison and being made to suffer
severe and cruel beatirg. I hope, therefore, that you will enquire by which
of your servants the information was given, as these territories are our original
nossession, and are under our Government, and m the hands of Amir after
Amirs who have ruled over them. As to the Turks, it is true tliat they had
previously taken all the places advancing until they got as far as Baha, a town
of the Haushahi, and put Amir Ali Mukbil into prison but by the glory of
the British Government, the said Amir was released from prison, and all his
territories were freed, and the followers of Amir, who are loyal to the British
Government, were relieved of fear of the Turks. Now, sir, if such news
reach the Turks especially through your servants, they will be encouraged to
be more daring. We are very sorry for the taking of the flag and the stall.
So, if we are permitted by you to contend with them on the subject, we
shall do so, otherwise not.
Hoping the favour of your kind reply to what we have said herein, with
warm respects to your honour.
Translation of an Arabic telegram addressed to His Honour General Maitland at Aden,
dated Sana, the 23rd October 1901.
The Dthali Sheikh has expressly acknowledged in a paper which he sub
mitted, and (which) was sent to the Government of India See the letter of
Monsieur Schneider, one of your predecessors, dated 19th March 1875. It is
in two parts and was given to the Sublime Porte by the British Embassy at
Constantinople. (It states) that the division of Zorki, and Ahmedi, and
Mahrabi, included in Mahlaf Hedjaf, subordinate to the district of Kataba,
are not, and never were, a dependency of Dthali. We have learnt with regret
that the Sheikh referred to is interfering in the said division, and we inform
Your Excellency that orders have been given to the officers and troops to
protect the rights of the (Turkish) Government, and to prevent the inter
ference of the said Sheikh in the above division. We therefore request you to
restrain the Sheikh from this encroachment, which conflicts with the relations
subsisting between the two Governments and is opposed to (our) rights and
covenants.
Governor-General of Yemen, Husen Hehni.