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ADEN —The Abdah—m). 11—1802.
No. II.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, Knight of the
Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, one of His Majesty’s Most
Honourable Privy Councillors over all the British Possessions in
the East Indies, being desirous of entering into a Treaty of Amity
and Commerce with Sultan Ahmed bin Abdool Kureem, Sultan of
Aden and its Dependencies, has named, on his part, Sir Home Popham,
Knight of the Most Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem,
and Ambassador to the States of Arabia ; and the said Sultan has
named Ahmed Basaib, Prince of Aden, who having both met, and
being satisfied with each other’s powers, have agreed to the following
Articles for the mutual benefit of their respective nations, but subject to*
the final ratification of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor
General of India. —1802.
Article 1.
That there shall be a commercial union between the Honourable the East
India Company, or such British subjects as may be authorised by the Governor
General of India, and the subjects of Sultan Ahmed Abdool Kureem.
Article 2.
The Sultan agrees to consider the ports of Aden as open for the reception of
all goods brought on British ships, which goods or merchandize are to pay a duty
of two per cent, and no more, for the space of ten years on the invoice or mani*
fest of the goods, and no other charges whatever are to be exacted for anchorage,
weighing or custom-house fees, by the Sultan or any of his Officers.
Article 3.
After the aforesaid term of ten years is expired, then the duties are to be raised
to three per cent, and never to be made higher by the Sultan, his heirs and suc
cessors, on pain of forfeiting the friendship and commercial intercourse of the
British nation. The Sultan also binds himself not to make any other charges
whatever on anchorage, weighing, or custom-house fees under the penalty before
mentioned.
Article 4.
The sama duties of two per cent, for the first ten years and three per cen-
for ever after, are also to be paid on all goods exported from Aden, which are
the produce of the Sultan’s territories, or the country surrounding them; and
no other charges or demands whatever are to be made on those goods by the Sultan
or any of his Officers.
Article 5.
If, however, any goods are purchased by the Honourable the Company, or
any British subjects in the town or the port of Aden, the produce of c».