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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [263r] (13/226)
The record is made up of 1 item (113 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1905-5 Oct 1906. 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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Secret,
No.
India OflBlce, London,
c (%V 1906.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
JPolicy in regard
hinterland.
to the Aden
kt. %o (Ucuf)
My Lord,
I have given careful consideration to Your
Excellency’s Secret Despatch of 9th August/as well
as to the enclosures with which you faVmir me,
containing the correspondence with the Govern
ment of Bombay and the Resident at Aden. I am
obliged to Your Excellency for thus placing me
in complete possession of the opinions held both at
Simla and by the local authorities upon the points
of detail involved in the policy laid down in my
Desputch^/of 4th May,
2. The discussion throws light upon the views
that have influenced the course pursued since the
delimitation of the external frontier of the Aden
protectorate, and it marks the difference of opinion
that exists as to the objects sought by the local
authorities and His Majesty’s Government respec
tively. The retention of a part of the Aden garrison
at D’thala, and the permanent presence there of a
British Agent, are advocated by the Government
of India as developing the policy of the delimitation
by the extended establishment of British authority
among the tribes on our side of the border. To
accomplish this end, it appears to be considered
necessary to overcome the reluctance of the tribes
men to accept the suzerainty of the Amir of
D’thala; to carry our influence into the territory
of other tribes with whom we had practically no
dealings till, during the delimitation, treaties were
concluded witli representatives of the Upper Yaffai,
who are now discovered to be persons of no real
authority ; to secure for the Chiefs of the protected
tribes ready and friendly advice in the settlement
of tribal disputes; to check the spread of the Pan-
Islamic programme in Yemen; and to maintain
our reputation with the Arabs.
In the opinion of His Majesty’s Government,
on the other hand, British interests at Aden are
mainly centred in the British territory and fortress
at Aden, and the primary object of recent arrange
ments with the Ottoman Porte was to reduce the
risk of international complications by arriving at a
definite understanding as to the outer boundary of
S. 26. B
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Part 2 of the file relates to future policy questions, in particular Britain's presence in the Dthala [al-Ḍāli‘] (sometimes written as Dthali) region.
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, Simla;
- 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 discusses several matters relating to British policy in the Aden hinterland, including:
- the murder of a postal runner near Sheikh Othman;
- the deployment of a Political Officer at Dthala;
- the withdrawal of all British troops and officers from Dthala;
- arms traffic in the hinterland;
- an extension of the railway into the hinterland.
The discussion is framed by the wider imperial policy of non-interference.
Folio 369 is a map entitled 'The Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate'.
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- 257r:369v
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