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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [360v] (208/226)
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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41 rrinpinles as.Maior Jacob is working in that direction in the Amiri
territory? ^^o^ndition was .made by Colonel Wahab in his No 23,*
ILi ^ dated the 19th March 1904, save that he considered
* Submitted With ibis 01ie officer would snASce for the whole border. Its
Government No. dated adoption will necessitate the sufficient relief of one
the mh April 1904. 0 £ J t p e Assistants from routine work to enable
him to tour when necessary among the Subailn tribes. r Ihe adoption of the
latter alternative is a remedy of temporary cnaracter and is less likely to lead to
future improvement of the tribal relations with either the Sultan of Lahej or
the
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.
. lam also to notice that in the letter which I am shortly
to address to you on the subject of the arms traffic from Jibouti it will be
found that His Excellency the Governor in Council, after consu-tajon with
the Resident, is of opinion that the first alternative policy above recommended
would also subserve, and at a less cost than direct action by the Resident, the
interests which it is necessary to guard in that respect.
9 There has been already some delay in the consideration of the action
desirable in regard to the murder of the postal runner, and I am to ask
very early orders as to the sending of a force to Ras-al-Arrah and luran to
hold those places pending a further consideration of the proposals in this
letter.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
S. W. EDGERLEY,
Chief Secretary to Government.
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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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