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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [380r] (21/174)
The record is made up of 1 item (86 folios). It was created in Feb 1904-Apr 1905. It was written in English and French. 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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situation; but the Governor in Council thinks it is advisable to caution him not
% 5 t0 permit intelligence, implicating the Amir’s good faith, to interfere with his
%% continued dealings, friendly, direct, constant and candid, with the Amir,
5. In conclusion, X am directed to point out how necessary it is to impress
^KU. upon the Political Officer that he should not expect impossible standards of
'“'s conduct from the Arab Chiefs. The inferences hostile to the Amir which
ettret- Ma 3 or Merewether draws date from the time of the Kaim Mukam’s raid. The
^Ini sources of his information are not clearly indicated; and upon these depend
the value to be placed upon his conclusions. His Excellency the Governor
m Council is of opinion that the Resident and the Political Officer should accord
every possible courtesy and consideration to these Chiefs, who after all are
rulers to their own countrymen, and should endeavour to obtain as close a
personal influence over them as is possible. An attitude on the part of the
Political Officer towards the Chiefs similar to that adopted by the late Captain
. , , Warneford is essential. He must recognise their moral weaknesses, while
' ^ according full respect to their local importance, and endeavour, by encourao’ing
frequent and direct intercourse, to influence them for the prevention of trouble.
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Part 1 of the file relates to the 1905 revision of the treaty with Shaif bin Sef bin Abdul Hadi bin Hasan [Shā’if ibn Sayf al-‘Amirī], Amir of Dthala (also sometimes written Dthali) [al-Ḍāli‘].
The correspondents include:
- Major-General Pelham James Maitland (later Henry Macan Mason), 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;
- Colonel R A Wahab, Aden Boundary Commissioner;
- Government of India, Foreign Department;
- 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. , Political Department;
- 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;
- Major W Merewether, Political Officer at Dthala.
The correspondence discusses a number of matters integral to the new treaty, including:
- the deployment of a permanent Political Officer in Dthala;
- the need for an Arab levy to patrol the frontier with Ottoman Turkish territory;
- increasing the Amir's stipend and granting him a gun salute;
- relations between the Amir and the Kotaibi tribe.
Folio 382 is the revised treaty, signed 28 November 1905 (ratified 8 February 1905).
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