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File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [454v] (170/174)
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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Praise be to God alone ! This honourable and exalted document in the hands of
«ultan Abdurrahim-bin-Ali A1 Fujari witnesseth that we are his sons, and owe him the
• lleeiance and tribute that was incumbent on our ancestors; that we pay him the
customary revenue and all due by us, while he must insure peace and jostice. We also
bind ourselves by the same. Since the time of his coming to Nijd A1 Ahmar he has
controlled the territory from Nijd A1 Ahmar to A1 Rureshi (near Lahej). We are included
111 ^Godis" sufficient for us, and blessing be upon our master, Muhammad, and his
^ ^ Dated Mubarram-al-haram 1153 A.H. (or 1730 A.D.).
(Sirnied) MUKBIL NASIR SHUMARI.
° Sheikh SALEH HAIDARA SHAHRI.
Sheikh SAID HERA1SH.
Sheikh MUHAMM AD-BIN -AHMAD SARARL
AMEB, OB A I) HITMABI.
YII.
Praise be to God alone ! This honourable and exalted document in the hands of
Sultan Abdurrahim-bin-Ali A1 Fujari witnesseth that we are Ids sons, that we owe him
the same allegiance and contributions as our ancestors, and that we pay him the customary
dues, provided he insures peace and justice to us as he does to his subjects from Nijd Al
Ahmar to Al Kureshi. We on our part undertake to keep the peace and be loyal.
Dated Muharram 1193 A.H. (or 1761 A.D.).
(Signed) Sheikh KASSIM ABDURRAHMAN-AL-HUMARI.
Sheikh ULAYA-AL-HADUMI.
Sheikh NA’EM-AS-SHUMARI.
VIII.
Praise be to God ! This honourable and exalted document in the hands of Sultan
Mohsin-bin-Ali Al Eujari, to the effect that we affirm before God that our fathers and
ancestors were Haushabi, and paid to the Haushabi Sultan’s fathers and ancestors; that
his hands were only forcibly withdrawn by the Turks through Sheikh Muhammad Nasir
Mukbil, who plundered us of our property. We now elect God and Sultan Mohsin-bin-
Ali to rule us according to ancient custom. Every Sheikh shall pay the tithe of his
country to the said Sultan according to usage, provided he be just and support us against
those who seek to give us trouble.
This is a witness in his hands.
Dated Ramadan 1321 a.h. (or 1903 a.d.).
(Signed) AHMAD SEE AHMAD AL-HUDEFL
K AHT AN-BIN-KASSIM-AS-SHUM ARL
S ALIH-BIN -BA JIH-AS-SHIJRI.
MANASSAB HU SEN - AL-W A JIHI.
J ABIR-BIN-SALIH.
IX.
Praise be to God alone ! We, the signatories of this document given into the hands^
of Sultan Mohsin-bin-Ali, hereby declare that all our country forms part of the
Haushabi territory, in accordance with the friendly relations with our aucestors and
the documents we found in the hands of our fathers in the time ol S off an Abdur-
rahim-bin-Ali Al Fujari and his father, Sultan Ali-bin-Hanash, up to the tenure ot
Sultan Ali Mana and Sultan Mohsin-bin-Ali. Lately the hands of the Turks were laid
on us. Now we beg to be released and restored to the status ol our ancestors, w o
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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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