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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [382v] (26/174)
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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dependents to maintain the boundary which has been demarcated by the joint
British and Turkish Commission, and to protect the boundary pillars.
VII.
Further the said Amir Shaif bin Set bin Abdul Hadi bin Hasan under-
takes on behalf of himself, bis heirs and successors, to maintain order within
the boundary of the territories of D’thala and its dependencies, and to restrain
his tribesmen, subjects and dependents from crearing disturbances either in his
own territory, or in the country beyond the boundary line, and from interfering
with the tribes who are subjects of the Turkish Coveinment.
VIII.
In consideration of these undertakings and engagements the British
Government agree to pay to the said Amir Shai bin Sefbm Abdul Hadi bn
Hasan, and to ins successor or successors, a monthly sum of one bundled (100)
dollars, the half of which is fifty (50) dollars.
IX.
To assist him in carrying out the obligations imposed by this Treaty the said
Amir on behalf of himself and his successors, engages to maintain a force of
50 men, or such less number as the Resident may agree to. So long as this
force is maintained in a state of efficiency to the satisfaction of the Resident,
the British Government agree to pay to the said Amir Shaif bin Sef bin
Abdul Hadi bin Hasan, and to his successor or successors, a monthly sum of
one hundred (100) dollars, the half of which is fifty (50) dollars, this subsidy
to be in addition to that mentioned in Article VIII.
X.
The above Treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness thereof the
undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at Aden this twenty-eighth
day of November one thousand nine hundred and four.
H. M. MASON, Major-General,
Resident in Aden.
Witness:—
J. DAVIS, Lieut.-Colonel,
First Assistant Resident in Aden.
ALI JAFFAR,
Head Interpreter.
CURZON,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India,
This Treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council at Fort
■William on the 8 th day of February A.D. one thousand nine hundred and five.
s. M. FRASER,
Officiating Secretary to the Government
of India in the Foreign Department.
C;
G. I. C. P. a— No. 5477 F. D.—7*3*1905.—49.—W. D’C.
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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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