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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [‎331v] (150/226)

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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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to expeditions out of all proportion, whether
immediate or indirect, to either the occasions for
them or to any clear advantage to be gnined by
them.
3. If, as His Majesty’s Government have
decided, the main purpose of the recent delimi
tation is achieved by the fixing of a line beyond
which Turkish troops or agents cannot advance,
I submit to your Excellency the following propo
sitions as well fitted to carry out our decision.
So far as the Turkish frontier is concer ned it is
in the highest degree desirable tbat < aecTdenla
advance should not be exaggerated, arid^up-fii^t
protest would naturally be by way of action at
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naturally—call—fer—watchfulness,
violence—on—British—territory would, of course,
be^-punislu'd promptly^ • —Beyond that line our
Agent should be careful to avoid every step that
might lead us into military or political entangle
ments, without the express sanction of the
Tranent of—India. A railway to Dthali and
a cantonment or sanatorium there, should be
considered as outside the contempla’ion of the
Government.
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4. The retention of a Political Ofldcer at Dthala-
was originally provisional. In September 1904
my Predecessor assented to the proposal of the
Government of India “as a temporary measure, to
“ retain a British officer and a small body of troops
“ at Dthala.” This assent he limited to one year,
that after the expiry of that time he
should be informed as to the existence of “any
real necessity for maintaining the official and his
escort at Dtlial^.” In November 1905, however,
he acc pted the reasons of the Government of
India lor making it permanent.^ Eor my ■’Own
part IV can discover no further evidence of this
necessity. If the Political Officer be Vilhclrawn,
there can be no adyantage, and there yare very
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the British Government into the interior is to be
as much as possible avoided. Any project for
disarming the tribes in the nine centres should be
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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:

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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