File 600/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Hinterland: Situation; Withdrawal of Political Agent from Dthala; Treaties with Haushabi, Kotaibi and Alawi chiefs' [‎197r] (389/508)

been preferred by the Kaimmakam,
but the Turkish official’s request for
nor does my No. 1330 touch on anything
reparation.
2. The criminal is an Amiri subject of Hazatml-Abid : the place of crime
was Amin territory : the murdered man was a Turkish subject.
3. The Amir has promised to arrest the man and try the case, but urged
e unsuitability of the occasion now that the tribes in the vicinity were opposed
to him. I have not, therefore, insisted on the immediate arrest, and have
informed the Kaimmakam that the necessary retribution will follow in due
course.
4. I am informed that the trouble with Jebal Jihaf is likely to be patched
up, and as the Amir is now intent on dealing with Shairis only, it is better
that the “ Haza affair ” should be temporarily dropped. I shall not suffer the
mattter to be lost sight of.
5. I attach a summary of complaints as asked in your 3rd paragraph. It
is marked “ Q ” Fide also mark “ P.”
“P.”
Referred to in confidential letter No. 1371, dated the — December 1906.
14th
Reference is first of all invited to my Confidential No. 93 of 10th February
1906 and sheet “ A ” of 20th idem signed by Colonel Churchill, my loeum
tenens.
Of the 11 cases there listed, all may be dealt with as suggested in last
paragraph of my No. 98 (above) and in greater detail in statement “ Q ”
attached.
H. F. JACOB, Major,
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. , Dthala,
“ Q”
In a letter, dated 17th A1 Hijja 1823 {i.e., 10th February 1906) the Amir
of Dthala reported to my locum tenens, then Colonel Churchill, that Sayid
Abdallah Ali, one of his subjects, was robbed in Yemen by Sayid Ahmed Mohsin
and the son of Sheikh Abdul Qawi Ash Shaibi and their people, of $500, a rifle
with equipment, one Jambia and one mule with equipment. Colonel Churchill
asked Kaimmakam in a letter, dated 8th February 1906, to recover the stolen
money and the other things. In a letter, dated the 25th Al Hijja lb23 {i.e., 18th
February 1906), the Kaimmakam said that he had referred the matter to higher
authorities and that the result would be communicated in due course. The
Kaimmakam was again requested as per letter No. »3l8, dated the 12th
April 1906, to send a speedy reply, but these frequent changes of officials
have no doubt delayed a settlement. I propose to meet Kaimmakam at Sanah
and press for early settlement of this and all other cases. Abdallah Bey is an
Arab and an honest man, I believe. In all these cases when an Amiri is com
plainant, I would recommend that the complainant appear before Kaimmakam’s
Court in’ Kataba, furnished with my precis of the Amir’s claim. In crss-cases,
the Turkish subjects may well appear before the Amir. In these latter cases,
the Amir’s adjudication would be notified to me, and I would scrutinize it
before informing the Kaimmakam, Kataba ; in the former, where the hearing
is made at Kataba, the Kaimmakam would he asked to make it a rule to inform
me of the decision passed, which would be forwarded to the Amir. If dissatis
fied the Amir would again address me. I see no other cause of action, so
lon^ as we stay in Dthala. It must be recollected that across the line the
jurisdiction is Turkish not Arab : over here, the jurisdiction is Amin but
supervised by 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. .
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