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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [431v] (124/174)
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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A Political Officer stationed in the interior nmst hare a few natives in his
“syttarsa iz'sfzisZs.
S‘'t«SfoJSbuWi..«oi.a»ttt»H«-.» S*» of tb, Azraki,
mentioned in the report of the late Captain Warneford.
6 Certain reasons for stationing a Political Officer at Dthala or elsewhere
m the Aden Protectorate, as also the question of a native levy, are purely
internal\natters^and iHs, co = ntdy, —ely^n^^^^^^
colum^represented'^an letter ^o^^d-B^A".
no rlnnW be able some time after demarcation has been completed and matters
f are Sumtd ttir normal course, to pronounce a more mature opinion on the
subject. . l;ke th(j Amiri confederacy, or the Haushahi tribe, are
snlit un into numerous sections which do not recognize even the shadowy suze-
raint V P of any one common Chief, while many sections, especially those in the
neighbourhood of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ma’din do not acknowlege the _ authority of any
nno^Alv-il or Sheikh Every village has more than one quite independent Akil,
Thtatoan?so that h is hnpossfble to fix responsibility either ^ the security
of the roads or vis-a-vis the Turkish representatives, on any one Sheikh of the
section orany 0 one chief for the whole tribe. 'The Turkish system in such
cases is to select a man of strong character as head Sheikh (Arabic, Sheikh ul-
Mashaikh), give him a pecuniary interest, direct or mdircct mhis post. an , wot
• nppp^wv sunnort him with military force. Between 1876^ and looo tne
was an approximation to this system in the case of the Subaihi, who were under
the control of the former Sultan of Lahej, the latter being entrusted with the
distribution of the Subaihi stipends and
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
presents, hut, in the absOTce
of the material hacking of Government, the arrangements toa ly^ed
The question of returning to this, or a similar system, is a purely internal one,
upon which I do not feel competent to express an opinion.
Estimate of the extra expense involved in locating an Assistant Resident at
Per mensem.
Per annum.
Us. A. P.
Rs. A. P'
Deputation allowance at the same rate as that passed to
120 0 0
1,410 0 0
Captain Wameford.
Pay of one additional
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
, Sheikh Othman Mounted
29 7 0
353 4 0
Police.
Pay of five additional constables, Sheikh Othman Mounted
122 15 6
1,475 10 0
Police, at Us. 24i-9-6 each.
-■ *
Total ...
272 6 6
3,268 14 0
(Sd.) P. J. MAITLAND, Major-General,
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.
Note,—I f the frontier levy were sanctioned the additional
havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
and constables of the Sheikh
need not be entertained.
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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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