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other and to the British Government for the security of the road
within our respective limits which are defined as follows :—»
Amiri Sana to Safa Hilia.
Kotaibi Safa Hilia to A1 Hijjar.
Haushabi A1 Hijjar to Nobat Dakim.
Abdali ....... Nobat Dakim to Dar-al-Amir,
(«i) If any loss or injury be sustained by any traveller on the road, the
Chief within whose limits the offence has been committed shall
forthwith compensate the sufferer for the damage which he has
sustained whether to his person or his property. This compent
sation shall be paid whether the offence be committed by his
own tribesmen or by the tribesmen of any of the parties to this
agreement.
(Hi) If any loss or damage be inflicted by one of our own tribesmen on
any person while in the limits of any other Chief, who is a party
to this agreement, then it shall be incumbent upon us jointly to
compel the Chief whose tribesmen have offended to reimburse to
the Chief within whose limits the offence has been committed,
the amount of compensation which he lias paid to the sufferer
under clause 2 above.
(iv) We agree mutually with each other, and wdth the British Govern-!
ment, to levy no dues on trade passing through our limits except
those which have been sanctioned by 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. .
We further agree, in our mutual interest and for the benefit of
trade, that all these du^s shall be collected and levied at one
pl^ce alone, viz., at our joint customs house at
ABDALI.
AMIR OF D’THALA.
HAUSHABI.
KOTAIBI.
Enclosure No. 8.
No. 2330, dated Bombay Castle, the 31st March 1908.
Frpm H. 0. 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. 1718, dated the 9th March 1908
regarding tribal aflairs on the Aden-D’thala road, I am directed to idate for
the information ot the Government of India, that the Governor in Council
w'ter Nf r'n, y 7 Ja by M ^-General De Brath in his
letter No. C.-110, dated the 29ih lehr nary 1908. The proposed inter-tribal
agreement seems satisfactory, and I am ,o observe that there is no object ion
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. witnessing it as suggested. J
2. In regard to the four recommendations submitted by the Political
Resident in paragraph 10 of his letter above referred to, I am to sav that a is
Rxeellency in Council supports recommendations (iii), relating to the com
tmuance of tl.e stipend at present paid to the Alawi Sheikhfand (iv) the
presentation of 50 rifles and 5,000 rounds of ammunition to the Eotaibi
bheikh. This presentation was to have been made on the occasion of the
Sheikh signing the Agreement proposed at the time of the evacuation of
Lnot^v^hSf^f^ZT^° nS ! hrou S h ’ the Political Senl
dia not avail Uimsell ot the sanction communicated in Foreign TWflrtmpnt
endorsement No. 4506-E.B., datedLhe 16th November 1907 . & De P artment