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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [352r] (191/226)
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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land, but believe my work will be render^ noai™. i .
These would be mounted so as to enable them to move wttlTme
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vans pass and along tins track I would like to see pass one day the engine of the
AMobat-Dakim-Mavia Kailway. I would urge upon Governmenfthe advi
sability of close consideration of the vast potentialities this enlargement of ml
present proposal offers and which, far more successfully than the |rant to a few
of stipends, solves the problem of how economically and in return for work
rendered to settle the entire country-side and win over a democracv to its
recognised (figure) heads. I say nothing of the stimulus afforded to trade and
the pan passu and pacific opening up of the country, with the dissemination
thZht° Ut ltS enSth and breadtl1 0f British influe “ ce and British ways of
As I have said before, our border vis-a-vis, the Turks, are secure only if the
approacnes to that bordor aro SGcurod, and not othcrwiso.
I believe by this my scheme I am offering Government a really sound
investment. It is at least 100 per cent, more economical than that now in
vogue, and it is popular.
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No. 37 of 1906.
Dthala, 21s^ January 1906.
Forwarded with compliments to the First Assistant Resident, Aden, for the
information of the Resident in reply to
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Office letters 6615 and 6616
of the 28th October 1905.
(Signed) H. F. Jacob, Major,
Political Officer, Dthala.
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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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