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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' [147r] (289/508)
The record is made up of 1 item (253 folios). It was created in Oct 1906-Sep 1915. 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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Foieign Secret. Your telegram of 10th instant Ari^n i
and disappointed at delay reasons for wfnVh T 1 \ A 1 den ' \ am surprised
letters written on 27th January with Ml kLXdYnf ReSideilt ’ S
agreed with Jacob that withdrawal could be effeetlf ? ocal circumstances,
date. Your proposals on besi-W* be efteoted within month from that
April, an interval which alfraded fab timelor r re -/° r T- ard t d t0 me 0n 27th
approved by my telecrnm of l 4th T Y consideration by you, and were
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agreements, or I shoulrt have disallowed agreements and decided to leave it
cL^empkterbVth?m t0 O ffe °\ WUhdra Th al l intlle m ° re ex P editi o a e fashion
contemplated by them. Over two months have elapsed since my orders of
the Jlme ’ f nd , onl y.I J 1 ro g ress m ade has apparently been to draft agreements
the purport of which is not known to me, which were still undei vom
there ha?? ^ 0tl1 1 Can hardly aV ° id the ™Pression Tal
there has been unnecessary delay m spite of the importance which my
despatches and telegrams showed His Majesty’s Government attached to
S ? 0e ' X.a C l ; 1 re< l uest y at an y matters not strictly necessary for purposes
°. w-ithdrawal may be excluded from scope of agreements, and that care
snomd be taken to nave nothing included in the agreements likely to frustrate
the policy of retirement, either by imposing fresh obligations on the tribes
which we should have to enforce, or by creating disputes among the tribes
men themselves. If this cannot be ensured, then the agreements, if needed,
nmsu be consideied at leisure, and the Agent should withdraw at once,
merely explaining and arranging matters amicably with the tribes on the
basis of existing agreements, and of the arrangements accepted by them before
troops occupied Dthala.
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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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- File 600/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Hinterland: Situation; Withdrawal of Political Agent from Dthala; Treaties with Haushabi, Kotaibi and Alawi chiefs'
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- 3r:256v
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