File 600/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Hinterland: Situation; Withdrawal of Political Agent from Dthala; Treaties with Haushabi, Kotaibi and Alawi chiefs' [‎29v] (54/508)

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Enclosure Ko. 4.
No 215, dated Bombay Castle, the 10th January 191 8 (^ecre ).
Prom H. 0. Qu.h, Eso,., Acting Secretary to the Government of B.mbay,
Political Department,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Forergn Department.
In continuation of my letter No.9158 dated ^ ^
and with reference to paragraph 2 0 ^. ktte^ 7 of
I am directed to state that the dated the 29th November 1907, as
the Political ’etter No. wilh the Haushabi
meaning on^ that the s g ^ and tllis policy meets with
Alawi, and Ji.otaiDi buuuiu. ^ T.* a itvcellency in council
c^rre^
Pp<idpnt is being mlormca that lie snouiu nut iu c j ^
which may present itself' of attaining this object without the exercise o speci
pressure.
Enclosure No. 5.
No. MO-E. B., dated Fort William, the 8th February 1908.
From-K. E. HoLtirtn, K.q., Assietant Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign Department,
To—H. O. Qi'IN, Esq.. Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Poht-.cal
Department.
1 am directed to acknowledge the receipt of the correspondence ending
with vour letter No 216, dated the I0lh January 1908, regarding the proposal
To coSde agreements with the Chiefs of the Haushabi, Ko.a.bt, and Alawi
tribes. . _
2 In reply, I am to state that the Government oi Tndia concur in the
instructions issued by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at
Aden and I am to request that the Government of india may be kept informed
of the general attitude of the tribesmen on the D tbala road.
Enclosure No. 6.
No. 1123, dated Bombay Castle, the 14th February 1908.
From— H. O. Quin, Esq., Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ,
Political Department,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
In continuation of my letter No. 215, dated the 10th January 19<>8, I nin
directed to forward herewith, for the information of the Government of India,
a copy of a letter No. C.-42, dated the 2nd February 1908, from the Political
Resident at Aden, in which he reports the resumption of hostilities between the
Kotaibi and Alawi tribes in the Aden Hinterland, and the death of two of the
Kotaibi Sheikh’s sons.
No. C.-42, dated Aden 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. , the 2nd February 1908.
From— Majok-General E. DeBarth, C.B., C.I.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Aden,
To The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department.
With reference to correspondence ending with your endorsement No. 216,
dated 10th January 1908, I have the honour to report, for the information of
Government, that hostilities have recently been resumed between the Kotaibi
and the Alawi tribes in the course of which two of the Kotaibi Sheikh’s sous
have been killed, and a few other casualities have occurred on either side.
2. The immediate cause of these hostilities is reported to have been the
Alawi Sheikh’s endeavour to re-erect a dar in the vicinity of the recently
demolished Dar-al-Quabtan, and the present result is that Sheikh Ali Nashir
has been worsted and is now a refugee at Lahej. He has further made certain