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File 3939/1926 Pt 3 'Publications: Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Aden and Arabia Sections.' [181r] (355/410)
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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ADEN —Shehr and M ok alia —NO. LX1X—IS^B.
No. LXIX.
Engagement executed by the Jemadar op Shehr for the abolition of the Im
port or Export of Slaves to and from the port of Shehr and its Depend
encies, —1873.
This seventeenth day of November A.D. 1873, answering to the twenty-sixth
day of Ramadhan A.H. 1290, I, Abdullah bin Omar A1 Kayatee, Ruler of Shehr,
engage with the great English Government to abolish and prohibit the import
and export of slaves to or from the port of Shehr and all the dependencies thereof
from or to any other place in Africa or Asia or elsewhere ; and whereas His Ex
cellency Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, G.C.8.I., K.C.B, Her Britannic Majesty’s
Special Envoy, has impressed upon me the advantage of adhering in perpetuity
to the terms of the agreem ent entered into by Ali bin Najee, Nukeeb of Shehr,
with Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, on the 14th day of May A.D. 1863,
answering to the twenty-fifth day of Dhil Kaada A.H. 1279 thereof, I and my
brothers, Awadh and Saleh, on behalf of ourselves, our heirs and successors, do
hereby solemnly confirm and engage to be bound by the terms of that Agreement.
Abdoola bin Omar al Kayatee.
Awuz bin Omar At Kayatee. ^(in Arabic).
Sultan Noor Ahmed Bahadur.
J. W. Schneider, Brigr.-Qenl. t
Poltl. Resident at Aden,
W. F. Prideaux,
Asstt. Resident, Aden.
Northbrook.
Ratified by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, at
Calcutta, on the eleventh day of February 18 1 4.
C. U. Aitchison,
Secy, to the Govt, oj India, Foreign Deft.
No. LXX.
on tne one pari., auu —
of himself and his brother Awadth bin Umar, on the other part,
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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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