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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [345r] (177/226)
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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Letter No. 1541, dated the 24th February 1906.
From—The Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay ;
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
0 ^ continuation of my letter No. 1135, dated the 9th February 1906 I am
directed to forward herewith, for the information of the GovernmLt of Indi^
copy of a letter 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, No. 8S6, dated 11th instant*
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•ii \ l orw ?rding these papers, I am to say that the Government of India
the l/ti! 0 the S6n f al P0li0y t0 be followed ^ this part of
the Protectorate. Should the proposals which it has been decided in consulta-
turn with the Resident to lay before the Government of India be accented
it will be unnecessary in the opinion of His Excellency the Governor in Council’
to consider the introduction of any system of tribal levies
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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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- File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy'
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- 257r:369v
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