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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [‎443r] (147/174)

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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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No. 59-E. A., dated Port William, the 7th January 1904.
Prom— C. H. Hill, Esq., Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the
Foreign Department,
To—The Honourable Mr. S. W. Edgerly, C.I.E., Chief Secretary to tho Govern
ment of Bombay.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 7894, dated
the 23rd November 1903, regarding the proposed increase of the stipend of the
Amir of Dthala and the grant of a salute to the Chief.
2. On consideration of the arguments employed by General Maitland in
his letter No. 292, dated 26th October 1903, forming the accompaniment to
your letter under reply which show the importance he attaches to an immediate
display of liberality to the Chief, the Government of India agree to the sugges
tion made in paragraph 3 of your above-quoted letter, and I am accordingly
to convey sanction to the 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 being authorised to show
to the Amir special favour in the form of c< Darbar 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 ” up to a maxi
mum value of 50 dollars a month less his ordinary stipend. This arrangement
will have effect from the date of the receipt of this letter.
3. The question of granting the Amir a salute and a permanent increase
of his stipend will be decided in connection with the conclusion of a Protec
torate treaty, and in view of the fact that the Amiri border is now in a fair
way to settlement, the Government of India are inclined to acquiesce m
General Maitland’s opipion that a treaty should be arranged with the Amir of
Dthala without waiting for any general revision of the treaties with the other
Chiefs in the Protectorate. *■
4. I am therefore to authorize you to instruct the 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 to begin the necessary negotiations at his discretion, and to submit ms
proposals in due course.
No. 60-E. A.
A copy of the foregoing correspondence is forwarded to the Finance
Department for information and such further action as may e necess y.
G. I. C. P. O.-No. 3116 P. P.-19-1-04.-74-S. B,

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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‘].

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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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