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File 3939/1926 Pt 3 'Publications: Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Aden and Arabia Sections.' [117r] (227/410)
The record is made up of 1 item (204 folios). It was created in 20 Dec 1928-11 Apr 1929. 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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02
AI>£N—TAe Akrabi —NO. XXVH—183$
Witnesses :
AbDalla bin Nasir.
Husain bin Ahmed.
M. S, JaffeR;
4
Native Assistant Resident, Aden.
Lansdowne,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
This treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in
Council at Fort William on the 26th day of February A.D. one thousand eight
hundred and ninety.
W. J. Cuningham,
Offg. Secy, to the Govt, of India, Foreign
Department'
No. XXVII.
Engagement of Place and Friendship entered into, on the 4th February 1835,
by Sultan Haidara bin Mehdi, of the Akrabees, and Sheikh Abdool
Kureem bin Sallah Mehdi, Sheikh Fadhl bin Haidara bin Ahmed, of
Sela, Akrabee Chiefs, with Commander Haines, of the Indian Navy,
on behalf of the Honourable East India Company.
Between the British and Akrabees there shall be peace and lasting friend
ship. Aden, belonging to the English and the Akrabi tribe, shall be at peace
and firm friends. If the subjects of either wish to have free intercourse in each
other’s territory, they shall be welcome, and receive neither molestation nor in
sult.
If the English wish to enter the Akrabi territory, they shall be respected and
received with kindness, for they are friends. If any disturbance should take
place between the subjects of either country, the culprit, if English, is to be given
over to the laws of Aden, if Akrabi, to the laws of the Sultan for punishment.
In witness of the agreement, in the presence of God.
Dated Aden, the 4th February 1839.
Sultan Haidara bin Mehdi.
Witnesses :
Syud Alowi.
Hashed Abdoollah.
Jaffer bin Moolla Abdoollah.
S. B. Haines.
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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.
The part contains a proof of the revised narrative for the section regarding Aden and the south coast of Arabia (ff 26-63), followed by copies of numerous related treaties and agreements covering the period 1802-1919 (ff 64-208).
Also included is a small amount of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the accuracy of the revised proof, and the question of whether all the related treaties and agreements that have been concluded since 1909 should be published in the revised edition, as proposed by the Government of India. Correspondents include the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; officials of the 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. , Foreign Office, and Colonial Office.
The French language material consists of several articles among the aforementioned treaties and agreements.
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