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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [342v] (172/226)
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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We hare a ] w ®^y 0 ^, rv .^f^ B ^ 0 ' 0 ^ e ^miMOB3uon)Q the roa5 fl in Septem-
truce with the Attifis would be o* made for that. The Kazan affair
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the Attifis, or to anticipate the recent affair at Sheikh Othman.
i +Tio ^path of Ahmed Saleh we have, as we
2. As to our remarks elders of the Attifi and the Yusufi
anticipated, now received letters from t w Mohsin was
reminding us Abeid. It is,
killed by Ahmed Abdu nroduce blood-feuds, and thus that periodical
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continually interrupting the public peace.
q A, to the recent outrage it is clear that it was committed by certain
3. As to the Yusufis who broke loose from the proper control
young men of the At mischief and at the same time performed
of their elders and committed the mischiet and at ine a i
one more deed of '-^o^TS’smprher^cmr rTeeUngTon this T m
atTe same thnT are fully aware of the provocation given by certain men of the
SubeWsZmTime to time. And as we have told you, we have already addressed
the Great Government in regard to the present matter.
A rphe Attifis have returned the robbed post which was, they state, robbed
by a mistake, and it remains to be considered what further notice it is desirable
to take of the affair.
5 We do not quite understand the necessity of your reference to treaties
in regard to this matter. We are well aware of the terms of our **® at *®® w * ^
von S Somebody has, of course, advised you wrong m saying that you are
responsible for the safety of the roads “from the acts of your °wn tnbesmen
nX” Under treaty y ou, of course, protect the roads and keep them clear of
” plundering parties generally.^ We cannot believe that you real y desire ta
areue this point. It is one which we see from our records that General
Maitland explained to you at Sheikh Othman on the 18th February
0. We are going to Bombay next mail and shall he able to discuss the
matter there.
Telegram dated the 20th February 1906.
From—The
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.
, Aden;
To—The Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay.
The Sheikhs of the Attifi and Yusufi have now definitely re P lied to
demand for the surrender of the offenders and the return of the ^
they are unable to hand over their young men stating that they are powerle
in the matter. The raid, they repeat, was directed against the Abdali.
Sheikhs put the blame for the damage done to the post on the Mansa "
Kadthi and the Mamai. The effects of the murdered postal runner have not
been returned. I now propose, pending receipt of further orders, to ls ® u ® . ,
order prohibiting the Attifi and Yusufi tribes from communicating with
Aden.
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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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