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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' [243v] (482/508)
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From Secretary of State to Viceroy, Foreign Department,
Sth January 1907.
Foreign Secret. Your telegram of 1st instant. Aden. I have no
objection to general scope of instructions to Political Officer, Dtliala, except
that, while adhering to treaty obligations, I desire to discourage any active
interference in Upper Yaffai affairs. Everything will depend on Resident
and Political Officer appreciating the intention of His Majesty’s Government
to withdraw from Dthala and acting accordingly. I would therefore
substitute for the first sentence of the instructions ending with words “ other
sections of the tribes,” and for the passage beginning “and to conduct
affairs” and ending “when it takes place, ’ the following:—“ It is the in
tention of His Majesty’s Government that the Political Officer should be
withdrawn from Dthala as soon as local conditions will permit, and that
frontier affairs should then be dealt with by means of occasional visits to
Dthala when required. Political Officer should therefore understand that it
is his duty to conduct affairs so as to facilitate his early withdrawal^ and to
minimise its effect when it takes place. His dealings with the lurkish
authorities, with the Amir and his subjects, and with other sections of the
tribes should be governed by the above consideration. He should furnish,
as soon as practicable, a report as to the date when withdrawal will be
possible, and as to means of conducting frontier affairs after withdrawal.”
Subject to these modifications, I approve proposed instructions.
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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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