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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [288r] (63/226)
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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No. 2113-E. B., dated Simla, the 12th June 1908.
From—It. E. Holland, Esq., Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign
Department,
To—The Hon’blb Sir Steyning W. Edgerley, K.C.Y.O., C.I.E., Chief Secretary
to the
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.
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1 am directed to refer to the Secret despatch from His Majesty's
Secretary of State for India, No. 1, dated the 4th May 1906, forwarding, for the
information of His Excellency to Governor in Council, a copy of Secret despatch,
No. 20, dated the 4 th May 1906, addressed to the Right Hon’ble the Governor-
General of India in Council, intimating the views of His Majesty’s Govern
ment on the main questions arising in connection with the tribes of the Aden
Protectorate.
2. I am desired to request that the Government of India may be furnished
with a full statement of the views, both of the Resident at Aden, and of His
Excellency the Governor in Council, on the policy which the Secretary of State
has desired should be pursued in future in the Aden Hinterland, special attention
being paid to the following points :—
(1) Our obligations to the Amir of Dthala, and the manner in which
this Chief would regard withdrawal from his territories;
(2) the probable effect of such a policy on other parts of the Hinterland,
and on our power to command the respect of the tribes, especially
those whose good behaviour is of special concern, on account of
their position relatively either to the recently demarcated border,
or to the principal trade routes from the interior to Aden; and
( 3 ) the manner in which the proposed change would effect our rela
tions with our neighbours beyond the delimited border, whether
those neighbours should be the Turks, in conjunction with whom
the demarcation was carried out, or a body of independent tribes,
should the Pnrte fail in their present endeavours to reduce the
country. In this conclusion, regard must be had, not namely to
the rights, but also to the obligations which we have'acquired in
consequence of the demarcation proceedings;
( 4 ) how far these instructions would effect our capacity to carry out a
policy of restricting the import of arms and ammunition into, the
Hinterland, and the re-export of these to Somaliland and other
countries.
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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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