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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [435v] (132/174)
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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VII.
TNirtlier the said Amir Shaif bin Sef bin Hadi bin Hasan undertakes, on
, , f y’mself his heirs and successors, to maintain order within the
of the territories of Dthala and its dependencies, and to restrain his
Dounua j , denendents from creating disturbances either in his
nllSff oit t^counTry beyond the boundary line, and from interfering
with ffie tribes who are subjects of the Turkish Government.
VIII.
In consideration of these undertakings and engagements the British
Pnxrprnmpnt affree 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
i 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, to he employed
°n such manner and at such place as the Resident may desire. ' In consider-
ation of the maintenance of this force, the British Government agree to pay
to the said Amir Shaif bin Sef bin Hadi bin Hasan and to his successor or
successors amonthly 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 ^
e ighth day of one thousand nine hundred and
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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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