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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [448r] (157/174)
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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(Confidential.)
No. 464 E.-A.
Erom
The SECRETARY to the
GOVERNMENT of INDIA
in the Foreign Department,
To
The Hon’ble Mr. S. W. EDGERLEY, c.i.e.,
SECRETARY to the GOVERNMENT of
BOMBAY, Political Department.
Dated Fort William, the 10th February 1901.
Sir,
I am desired to acknowledge receipt of your letters and telegram noted
Letter No. 113, dated the 8th January 1904. “ ^6 margin, dealing with the proposals
„ No. 219 „ 12 th „ „ of 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 tor the
Telegram No. 215 , dated the 12 th January 1904 . maintenance and supervision of the
boundary of the territories of the Amir of Dthala, the demarcation of which
has now been completed.
2. General Maitland’s proposals, as described in his letter No. 338, dated
18th December 1903, which formed an enclosure to your letter of the 8th
January, include—
(«) the permanent location of a Political Officer at Dthala;
(5) an escort at Dthala of varying strength, composed of details from
the Aden garrison;
(c) the enlistment, from the 11 tribes on or near the boundary line of
the Amiri and Shaibi frontier, of a levy of 40 men at a monthly
cost of Rs. 745.
His Excellency the Governor in Council is not convinced that the time
has yet come for the definite measures proposed by General Maitland. He is
not anxious to extend the scope or range of British interference in the Aden
interior: and would prefer to test the principle of tribal responsibility before
adopting arrangements that must effectively and finally destroy it. He is
disposed to agree to the conclusion of a fresh treaty with the Amir of Dthala,
providing expressly for—
(1) the free and safe transit for British officers or parties;
(2) the maintenance of boundary pillars on the Amiri borders;
(31 the good conduct of the tribesmen within the border, and
information as to interference or disturbance from beyond the
boundary; and
(4) the lease, if required at a later date, of a site for a sanitarium for
Aden and the grant of land necessary for railway purposes. To
these should be added certain other provisions that will presently
be mentioned.
3 The Question of the enlistment of a tribal levy demands independent
examination Nhe suggestion was first made by General Maitland in his letter
No 107 dated the 7th June 1903, when dealing with the question of our
liability for acts of aggression committed by tribesmen under our Protectorate
on residents in Turkish limite. It was pointed out at that time, with reference
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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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