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ADEN—T/ie Akrabi —NO. XXX—1869.
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No. XXX.
Translation of an Engagement entered into by the Sheikh of the Akrabi
Tribe for the sale of Little Aden, —1869.
The cause of writing this lawful deed is as follows :—
That a Treaty and engagement is made between Sheikh Abdoollah Ba Haidara
Mehdi, Sheikh of the Akrabi tribe, on the one part and General Sir Edward Russell,
Resident of Aden, on behalf of the Honourable British Government, on the
other.
To wit, the abovementioned Sheikh Abdoollah Ba Haidara Mehdi on his part
binds himself by these presents to have sold and delivered over in perpetuity
to the British Government the Peninsula called Jebel Ihsan alias Jebel Hussan
and the Khor of Bir Ahmed and Al-Ghader and Bunder Fokum, and all and what
soever is comprised on the seashore in the matter of harbours or ports between
the said Khor (of Bir Ahmed) and Bundar Fogum ; and moreover the said Abdool
lah Ba Haidara Mehdi binds himself, his heirs and successors, by these presents,
never to sell or pledge or give up any one for residence, excepting to the British
Government, any portion whatsoever of Jebel Ras Imran, or the land on the
border of the bay between Ras Imran and Jebel Ihsan or Hussan ; and in con
sideration of what is aforementioned, the said Sheik Abdoollah Ba Haidara Mehdi
has received from General Sir Edward Russell, Resident at Aden, the sum of
thirty thousand German crowns, being the amount of purchase-money agreed
upon by the said Abdoollah Ba Haidara Mehdi, and this sum of thirty thousand
German crowns is over and above the sura of three thousand German crowns which
Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan stipulated for and paid to the said Sheikh
Abdoollah Ba Haidara Mehdi on the 23rd day of January 1863 in accordance
with the Treaty that was made on that date, and payment cf these said three
thousand German crowns then well and truly made to the said Abdoollah Ba
Haidara Mehdi.
In witness that the terms of this Treaty are truly and justly binding on Sheikh
Abdoollah Ba Haidara Mehdi of himself, his heirs and Successors, as to the sale,
and on General Sir Edward Russell, Resident at Aden, on behalf of the Honour
able British Government, as to the purchase, both have hereunto set their signa
tures and seals, at Aden, this 2nd day of April A.D. 1869, equivalent to 21st day
of the month Zhil Hujj A.H. 1285.
Abdoollah Ba Haidara Mahdi.
E. L. Russell, Major-General,
Resident at Aden.
In presence of—
Alowi bin Zain Al Aidroos.
G. R. Goodfellow, Cajjtain,
Assistant Resident, Aden.