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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [341r] (169/226)
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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the elders that unless this boy apologized and assumed a more reasonable
attitude they could not expect me to recommend greater generosity towards
their more responsible selves.
Thus the interview for the day terminated.
9th February 1906.
(Signed) E. de B. Hancock, Captain,
Acting First Assistant Resident, Aden.
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p. S.—I would mention here that both the Sheikh and his son that there
was no doubt about the identity of the offenders in the postal robbery case.
The offenders were the five youths named by us in our letter to the Attifis.
time immemuriai givou. uw yj*.
Aden a certain man named Darid-al-Akrabi was killed by the Buremi at Hiswa.
He was not of the Ahl-al-Ban. A Somati was also killed there. An expedition
went against the Burema in the time of Colonel Hunter and Colonel Stevans.
Certain dars were destroyed and 13 men were captured. Shortly afterwards the
Buremi submitted and were pardoned.
Then Hussein-am-Suffi interrupted the post between Aden and Perim and
robbed it. Mahomed Saleh with the Ahl-al-Ban went against him. Some of
the stock was raided. He was afterwards pardoned.
There is no feud between us and the Attifi in particular. Saleh ha Rajeh,
the father of Ahmed Saleh, and Ali ba Saleh ba Rajeh, the Attifis, killed a
cousin of mine named A1 Haj bin Ahmed Eadthl a good many years ago.
This A1 Hai was uncle of Ahmed Abdul Wahid. After that the Attifis used
to come and occasionally raid our cattle. Then I married a Kijai girl. And
then a truce was effected between us and the Attifi, which rested during the
life-time, and Ahmed Sakeh ba Rajeh, the Attifi. This t rU ce was arranged
through Ahmed Saleh ba Abdullah, the Rrjai. He was the eldest son of the
Rijai Sheikh and is now dead. This truce lasted up to the death of Ahmed
Saleh ba ilajeh, the Attifi.
The verv last time that Saleh ba Saleh-am-Tholtain, the Yusufi, came to
Aden he staged for some days with me at Sheikh Othman. We were then on
good terms.' He kept Ms camel with my nephews and we gave him a saddle
has • this was given to him by Abu Besa of the Ahl-al-Ban. 1 and Abu Besa
arranged with him for the continuance of peace between us.
Now many people are persuading the Attifis to say that there is a regular
feud between them and us.
They have committed the recent offence and killed Maja’ali Sef, and still
vLS natience We do not intend to let the incident pass. But we
EK.SK5 Government .ml tb. AMell Snlten.
60 dollars for restoration The camelmen^oi ^ The Mansab
has^ug^Tthat "the 60 dollars paid to him for the camel should be deducted
Examination,
T rln not know who killed the son of Rajeh Mohsin. There were many
the expedition. He was killed some years ago. There were some
A M al Ban in that expedition. There were many other Abdah allies
?here! SuUan Ibdul Majid, the Abdali, led the party wMch was mere than
200 men.
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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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