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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [357r] (201/226)
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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Serial No.
Murder of the postal runner near Shaikh Othman by certain men of the Attifi
and Yusufi sections of the Subaihi tribe*
Telegran dated the 22nd February 1906.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
To—The Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay.
P. Begat ding your letter No. 1152 of the 9th February 1906 about Aden.
The Government of India await the receipt of 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.
's reply to
Bombay Government’s letter No. 9*22 of the 3rd idem. When forwarding
the Resident's reply to the Foreign Department, please send a copy of it
simultaneously to the
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.
and inform us of the date of its despatch.
Telegram No. 1601, dated the 26th February 1906.
From—The Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay;
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
Your telegram of 22nd instant regarding postal runner. In view of
Resident's visit to Bombay it is unlikely that detailed reply to the letter referred
to will be submitted. Would Government of India wish that advance copies of
our general letters giving the proposals reached in consultation with the Resident
as to the Subaihi Hinterland and the arms traffic from Jibouti should be sent to
the Secretary of State. Letters must be read together.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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