File 600/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Hinterland: Future Policy' [368v] (224/226)
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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Supplement.
On the 8th March, 1906, the following
despatch was addressed to His Majesty s Am
bassador :—
“(No. 96.) “Foreign OJice,
“March 8 , 190t5.
“ I HAVE received and considered, in communication
with the Secretary of State for India, your Excellency’s
despatch No. 81 of the 7th ultimo, in which you
explain that difficulties might be raised by the Sultan
in granting a fresh trade for the official record of the
result of the Aden delimitation, and suggesting that
it might be sufficient if Mr. Fitzmaurice were to com
pare the maps at His Majesty’s Embassy with those
in the possession of the Ottoman Minister for W ar.
“I gather that your Excellency is of opinion that
tire establishment of the identity of the two sets of
maps in this manner would constitute a sufficient record
of the frontier delimitation, and, in these circumstances,
His Majesty’s Government- think it unnecessary that
you should press for a more formal ratification of the
Arrangement.
“ I am, &c.
(Signed) “EDWARD GREY.”
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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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