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File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [‎364v] (216/226)

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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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any intention to interfere, the British force
should he withdrawn from Lahej. This was
declined, and it was not until the Turkish
troops had evacuated Lahej that the British
force returned to Aden. The right of the
Porte to request the withdrawal of the British
troops was at the same time expressly denied
by the Secretary of State for India, “ since the
relations of the British Government with the
tribes round Aden are independent of Tuike\ r ,
whom we do not admit to have any locus standi
in that region.”
In the same year (1873) Her Majesty s Am
bassador at Constantinople informed the Porte
that Her Majesty’s Government would not tole
rate the interference of the Ottoman authorities
in the territory of the nine tribes, and this
declaration has been repeated several times since.
The intrigues and interference of the Turkish
officials nevertheless continued in the following
vears, and in 1885 culminated in a more decided
forward movement, resulting in the occupation
of Jalela, in the heart of the Amiri country, and
several other villages belonging to the Amir of
Dthali.
Her Majesty’s Government protested against
this occupation, though Jalela was not men
tioned, hut the Turks wmre in strong force at the
time, and nothing more was said than that Her
Majesty’s Government could not acquiesce in
the indefinite occupation of the Amir’s villages.
In the autumn of 1885 the whole subject of
our relations with the Aden tribes was discussed,
and certain proposals were made which were
referred to the Government of India.
These proposals were to the effect that, of the
nine tribes, the four nearest to Aden (the Abdali,
Subaihi, Akrabi, and Padhli; should be placed
under British protection by Agreements con
cluded with the Chiefs; that Agreements should
he concluded with the Haushabi and Alawi and
with the Lower Yall'ai, binding them not to sell
their territories, or accept the domination of any
other Power; that the Upper Yafifai and the
Aulaki should he left independent; and that as
regards the remaining tribe—the Amiri—we
should quietly desist from our present attitude
of opposition to the Turks, allovviug the absorp
tion by them of the hamlets on the uplands, and
possibly pensioning off the Amir and his imme
diate successors.

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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:

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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