File 3939/1926 Pt 3 'Publications: Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Aden and Arabia Sections.' [‎32r] (57/410)

ADEN—The Subaihi.
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j ^ -ri mads passing: tlirongli their territories, in return for
aT1( thhTstipends * 'An additional Engagement (No. XVII) was also
Zed in mi W the Mansuri Chief, hy which he admitted h,s respon
sibility for the good behaviour of the Kuraisi.
-a o eDa rate Engagement (No. XVIII) was made m 1871 with the
'Atifi sub-division of the tribe, by which they agreed to afford protec-
filn to shipwrecked seamen of any nation, and to protect and sen
Aden deserters from the garrison and shipping.
An evpe^ion ^c^ ^ ^W^c^ m
Ilarhen/a sub-tribe of the Subaihi, but on the recrudescence of disorder
the whole tribe was put under the control of the Abdali (see The Abdali,
the '“hole tn e P hoWeTer as detailed above in the account
XeThdaU the Suba 1 agreement’ became inoperative, the various
SubaThi tdl es resumed their lid position of independent regions with
the Aden Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , and their stipends were restored to them.
T 1HS9 p ro tectorate Treaties (Nos. XIX and XX) were made with
the Atifi and BarUmi. These were ratified on the 20th Fe ruary •
Tn Anril 1899 owing to continual robberies by the Subailns, the
Abchlis were givt "rmission to occupy Ras al Arab, Turan, and Am
Riia. In November the Atifi attacked an Abdali post, but Nvken e
Abdali collected a large force the Atifi submitted.
In 1900 Muhammad Saleh Jaffer, the late Native Assistant Re^dent,
took refuge among the Mansuri. and Makhdumis and incited them to
plunder. . . . , .
In 1902 the Abdali collected a large force and several skirmishes
took place in Subaihi country. The Subaihi continued to plunder durin B
1904. 1 ' ..
In March 1904 Captain Warneford was murdered at Arn Rija on
h„ wav toToin the commission as political officer. By May the boundary
was demarLted. No opposition was experienced from any tribe, except
the Khalifi, Atawi. and Jazen. .
A postal sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. carrying Government mails was shot by a raiding
nartv of Atifis near Shaikh Othman in January 1906. The greater
part of the mails were recovered, but the tribe, hilling 'j. ''" 1
the offenders as they were called upon to do, were prohibited fiom
ing Aden and payment of their stipend was suspended.
Saleh Ha Haidar, the Rijai, murderer of Captain WamjEord, was
shot by a dependant of the Mansuri Shaikh m March 190b.
In July 1900, a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. flying Italian colours was wrecked and pi age
oft Barhimi coast. The B arhimi was ordered to pay compensation bu
* The Mansuri $25, Makhdumi $30, and Raja King ) $40.