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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [393r] (47/174)
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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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,
23rd September 1904.
Secret,
No. 45.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
My Lord,
1
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I have consider your letter No. 130 (Secret, External^on the
Treaty arrangements with the ® UbjeCt ° f the rCTis!on of our
Amir of THhala. treaty arrangements with the
Amir of Dthala.
2 In my Despatch No. 15 (Secret), of the 1st April last, I indicated
a , m my view, Bntisli interference with the tribes of ? the Aden
Hinterland should be restricted to the minimum necessitated by the
o igations towards the Turkish Government arising from the demar
cation of the boundary. In my subsequent Despatch No. 30 (Secret),
o the 15th July last, I again expressed my views upon this subject,
pointing out that the protection of the trade routes was one of the
duties common to all the tribes which the British Government must be
prepared to enforce. I have considered the proposals now submitted
for my approval subject to these considerations.
3. The draft, except in certain particulars to which I will refer later,
appears to me to be consistent with the principles indicated in my
Despatches referred to above. Articles I. and V. appear to embody,
with some additional detail, the provisions of the existing agreement
with the Amir. Articles II„ III., and IV. are analogous to the
Protectorate Treaties with the other tribes. To articles VI., VII., VIII.,
and X., I see no objection. There remains Article IX.
4. With regard to this Article, while I approve your proposal to
earmark a monthly sum of 100 dollars for the maintenance by the Amir
of a force to assist him in carrying out the obligations imposed on him
by the treaty, I see no reason for relieving the Amir from the respon
sibility for the use to be made of this force, nor for placing it at the
disposal of the Resident. The words “ to be employed in such manner
and at such place as the Resident may desire” should therefore be
omitted, and in order to ensure the proper application of the stipend
granted for this purpose, it should be stipulated that the stipend is to be
paid “ so long as this force is maintained in a state of efficiency to
the satisfaction of the Resident.”
S. 38.
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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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