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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [427v] (116/174)
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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direction of Aden for the purposes of trade, or returning therefrom. In further
ance of this object the said Amir, on behalf of himself and his successors,
engages to maintain at Sulek, or other place or places, named by the Resident
at Aden, a post of 50 men, or any less number that the Resident may from time
time agree to.
VI.
The said Amir Shaif bin Sef bin Hadi bin Hasan also engages, on he- § /
half of himself, his heirs and successors, and all his tribesmen, subjects and
dependents, to maintain the boundary which has been demarcated by the joint
British and Turkish Commission, and to protect the boundary pillars.
VII.
Purther, the said Amir Shaif bin Sef bin Hadi bin Hasan undertakes, on
behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, to maintain order within the
boundary of the territories of Dthala and its dependencies, and to restrain his
tribesmen, subjects and dependents from creating 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 Government.
VIII.
In consideration of these undertakings and engagements the British
Government agree to pay to the said Amir Shaif bin Sef bin 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.
IX.
The above treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness thereof the
undersigned have affixed their signatures or senls this
eighth day of one thousand nine hundred and
6
0, C. Press, Simla.—No. 82 F. D.-16-4-04.—62—J. D.
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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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