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File 600/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Hinterland: Situation; Withdrawal of Political Agent from Dthala; Treaties with Haushabi, Kotaibi and Alawi chiefs' [119r] (233/508)
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cessors and all our tribesmen with n t-
of the British Government as follows :— n 6 ^ art
Article 1.
It is incumbent upon us to keep the roads within our limits secure and
peaceful. No theft or depredation shall be committed upon them. Passengers
merchants or others travelling shall meet with no molestation but shall be
assisted and protected by us to the extent of our boundaries.
Article 2 .
Should any travellers or other persons suffer injury on the roads within
our limits, the same shall be made good to them by us, and we will punish and
obtain our redress from the offender or offenders.
Article 3.
Should such offender or offenders belong to another tribe, we shall seek
our redress from the Chief of the tribe to which he or they belong.
Article 4.
No thief or delinquent from British territory or the territory of the friends
and allies of the British Government shall be protected or entertained within
our limits. On the other hand any such person for whose arrest or surrender a
demand may be made upon us 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.
of Aden shall forth
with be arrested and surrendered to the proper officers of the British Govern
ment at Aden.
Article 5.
Any member of our tribe who commits depredation or theft on the roads
either in onr own limits or beyond them shall be punished and made to give
redress. And no such person shall be entertained within our limits except
under proper arrangements to prevent them from committing theft or other
offences on the roads.
Article 6.
No new taxes or dues shall be levied upon goods on the roads within our
territories without the previously obtained sanction of 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.
Article 7.
There shall be permanent peace and friendship between us and the British
Government and the friends and allies of the British Government. They shall
each be free to enter the territory of the other and shall not be molested but
shall be treated with respect at all times and in all places. The Saltan
and notable persons of our tribe shall visit Aden when they
please. They shall be treated with respect, and those of them to whom such a
privelege may be accorded 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.
upon the recommendation
of the Sultan shall be given passes to carry arms
and entertained for a reasonable period as the guests of Government.
Article 8.
In consideration of these undertakiags and engagements being faithfully
and wholly carried out, 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.
of Aden on the part of the Bri
tish Government agrees to pay to the said Sultan
and his successor or successors a monthly sum of the halt or whicu
is and also to continue to him and his successor or successors the
monthly 'stipend of dollars 136 which is already granted to him under the agree
ment which was concluded between Mohsin bin Ah Mam, the Haushabi and
the British Government on the 6th day of August 1895-A.D.
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Part 3 of the file relates to the withdrawal of troops and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. from Dthala [al-Ḍāli‘].
The correspondents include:
- Major-General Ernest de Brath, 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;
- Government of India, Foreign Department;
- 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. ;
- 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. , London;
- Foreign Office, London.
The correspondence reports and discusses matters related to the withdrawal from Dthala and the subsequent treaty negotiations with tribes of the Aden hinterland, including:
- an attack on a party of King's Own Borderers by members of the Dthambari tribe in October 1906;
- the scale and speed of the withdrawal;
- hostilities between tribal groups;
- the security of the Aden-Dthala road;
- changes to 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. administration and garrison;
- negotiations and final treaty agreements with the Kotaibi, Alawi, and Haushabi tribes, ratified in September 1915.
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- 3r:256v
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