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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [290v] (68/226)
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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Wie- visit Lahei and Dthala freely and somewhat frequently. It is essential
that the Resident should maintain a means of obtaining information as to the
nosUion of affairs on the frontier, as to the condition of the boundary pillars,
and as to the progress of the Amir of Dthala, whom we have launched on a
course of rule from which there is, so far as he is concerned no turning back
rnrnnh te disaster. The position, I am to suggest, should be very much
Sat'recommendai ir^the letter No. 30-M. of the 18th April 1904 from this
Goyernment. ,
9 Concurrently I am directed to press strongly on the attention of the
Government of India the absolute necessity of the adop^
cited in the closing paragraphs of my letter No. 1804, dated tne &tn maicti
1906 and of extending that policy so as to include the Amir of D a a. To
counterpoise the results of the withdrawal of our presence ana moral
assistance 15 the subsidies to both these Chiefs should be very considerably
enhanced That to the Sultan of Lahej should be so increased that he may be
in a position at all times to assert unaided that supremacy in the South-West of
the Hinterland which we have recognised as his prerogative ever since 1881.
That to the Amir of Dthala should be so increased that he may be compensated
(so far as we possibly can arrange) for the withdrawal of our assistance and
support and be*enabled to exert freely the influence which money carries in the
Politics oi; tbe Hinterland.
10 Bv some such means as these it might be possible, in spite of
the withdrawal, to gradually reach the position of influence exercised
ti.e witnarai g j th0 h placed before the
Goverfment of India by this Government up to Ipril 1904. The success
of such proposals will, of course, have been prejudiced by the subsequent posting
of anofficer°at Dthala and his later withdrawal. But it is perhaps permissible
still to hope that our officers may be able to consolidate a position with these
two S which will enable us sufficiently to discharge the obligations which
the delimitation may involve.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed) S. W. EDGERLEY,
Chief Secretary to Government.
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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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