File 3939/1926 Pt 3 'Publications: Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Aden and Arabia Sections.' [‎42r] (77/410)

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ADEN —Upper Yafai.
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Sultan Kahtan as titular chief of the whole tribe and with the Eadth-
rami and Shaibi sections. In August the Shaihi frontier was demar
cated; hut, on the survey party entering the Rubiaten district, a post
which had been established at Awabil was attacked by Sultan Saleh bin
Omar Sultan Kahtan’s brother. The attack was repelled; but, as the
Turks’ declared that any advance into the Eada district would imperil
the negotiations then proceeding between the two countries, all attempts
to demarcate the north-eastern frontier were abandoned.
In October 1903 an Agreement (No. L) was made by Shaikh Mutahir
AU of theShaibi tribe, by which he undertook to look after the boundary
pillars for a monthly stipend of 7 dollars.
In 1904 owing to the agreement entered into with the iritis
Government, Sultan Kahtan bin Omar was deposed by tnbesmcn heade
bv his brother, Saleh. In 1905, Government sanctioned the gift to
Sultan Kahtan of $3,000 as assistance towards effecting his rehabili
'' "The Shaibi tribesmen have their headmen of clans, who own a sort of
allegiance to a stipendiary by name Shaikh Ah Mam, Uie Sakladi.
Ttie r Nubaka of Mausatta, where the British have two Askars a
* fioqt thev have considerable influence m Shaibi,
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stipendiary), frequently visited the country as mediator In reoogn t
If his importance, Ali Mohsin Askar was granted an allowance of $20
a month, so long as he remained faithful to ted
In 1900 Ali*Mohsin Askar, owing to a fancied slight which he asse e
that he had received in Aden, returned to the Shaiba. country and knock
ed down a boundary pillar. His allowance was stopped till
into Dthala before the Eesideut and asked for paidon.
In 1913 Sultan Kahtan died, without having succeeded in getting
■ * t„l TTe was succeeded bv his son, Sultan Omar, but
himself reinstated. H « " a . 9 . S “ CCe G e overnu t ent who gave him one year’s
hiq viieo£rnition was withheld by Vjovernmeuv vviu 6
t ime w-ithin whicdi to hiing about his^iehabilitation^uH^ciu' g X tended
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Saleh. The latter had been accepted >\ ^ Maiesty’s Govern-
Sultan in 1911, and in 1920 he was recognised ^ 0mar
meat and was granted the stipend piewous ^ p^
In November 1919 the Imam of Sanaa’s troops to
t a h n tVip Yafais have been advised by the rtesiueu^y
avlltlli'on wHh the Imam’s troops pending a final settlement with
In 1923 with a view to checking the advance o£ the
Imam of L+a, Khan Bahadur Saved Hussein bin Hamid el Mehdar.
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