File 600/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Hinterland: Situation; Withdrawal of Political Agent from Dthala; Treaties with Haushabi, Kotaibi and Alawi chiefs' [‎206v] (408/508)

The Imma’s attitude^ towards ’j^evered as he is
aflord to discount name is always spoken of with aSeotion, but
in the Yemen. Abd , , ^ „ 00 4 nam e is strangely contrasted with the
be is an absentee landlord an representatives. the Imam on the
contradictory ro e played by hisj^ ^ P ^ proelamatiolls are a standing
other hand, is always a ^ s0 contrary to Islam.
protest against the , Government’s Secret telezram of 11th
14. To sum up m " £ ® a J t0 2 8th February, and this in order to
January 1807, I ask fo F n a ^ o a J r ^ t bis plateau and to gauge more accurately
watch the events now in pi og p „ 0 I can direct the Amirs aims
the trend of Amiri ^ acoe ptance by him of his status as ruler
towards peace, and ca claims on a co-ordination, with himself, of
over peoples who have peonies offering an attractive bait for his selfish
tribal interests, ratb ,f, * ble P to F withdraw with a minimum of ill-effects
overlordship—we shall he able to wn
following.
0) Frontier affairs must b Vo/?dncted^^
derance of British » flue ”° e /V^’s complainants must sue in Kataba Courts
Indian Government. Ihe Ami - “P givenj re t a liation (which is the
and vice versa. If redress is ccrtainlv follow. However unsatisfactory to
order of the clay ™d will tend to minimise
contemplate, tins system _ otherwise commerce would be at a standstill,
the predatory zeal of both sides, f ii rec t e d from the Turkish side and our
It is because aggresssion 18 Jfp a t Turkish methods do not mend. Once
gfye Ml^play toThe^^kx'tahonis*”'and Ihe disparity will cease or he greatly
mmim^i ^ ne w S writers touch^Ith
of Jahal Jihaf ^If^bbSh^ri-Jabal Jihaf relations, and Turkish
happenings on that H 11,^ ^ Rs _ 300 al io W ance per mensem. (
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to include news- writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. s fees.
I have nothing more to urge at this time.
H. P. JACOB,
Dthala.
The 22nd January 1907.
C/,
No! im, dated Bombay Castle, the 7th February 1907 (Secret).
From-H. O. Quin, Esq., Acting Secretary to 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. , Politics
Department,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Departmen .
I am directed to forward herewith a ““P^ o£ a ^‘“^n^the^epair of
26th January 1907, from the Pohtical Kesident Ad , 0 ^ = p elim itation
three damaged pillars which were erected by the Ade rL e d of Major-
Commission, and to state that the Governor m he left to
General DeBrath’s proposal that the repair of these pillais shoum
Sheikh Mutahar Ali.
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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.