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Claims of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden [‎257v] (14/18)

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The record is made up of 1 item (9 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1871-17 Oct 1871. It was written in English. 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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• f , ^ ^ e “ th's action of tlie Sultan was reported, an application was sub
mitted on Ins behalf for compensation on account of the expenses incurred bv
■p” for , ^eromg the Akrabees in 1850 on the requisition of the then
Kesident, Captain Hames, the grounds for this application being that Captain
Haines made the demand under a misapprehension of the Suttan’s positio/vvith
regard to the Akrabees. ^
,,, 4> , ^ ow , if ' appears from Captain Haines’ letter of 12th June 1850 that
although he describes the Akrabees as vassals of Lahej, he was fully aware of
tiieir virtual independence ever since Bir Ahmed had been wrested by them
from the grandfather of the then Sultan, and it seems to His Uxcellencv in
Council more than probable that Captain Haines’s order originated in a desire
to give the Lahej sultan an opportunity of re-establishing his authority rather
than in a belief that such authority existed, as a matter of fact, at the
time. Such being the case, the Lahej Sultan would have no claim whatever
to compensation. At the same time, considering the importance of securing
his good will and co-operation, and the desirability of permanently adjusting
the relations between the two tribes at variance, although His Excellency
Jo C-cd considers tlmpohcy of making large payments from time to time
to the Chiefs around Aden to be very questionable, he will not object as a
special case, to grant a reasonable sum not exceeding |2,500, tlm sum first
applied for as a gilt to the Sultan on the part of the British Government.
... I. am t0 request that, in communicating to the Sultan the irmrit nf
this donation no acknowledgment of any claim direct or indirect on LittJ
Aden should be admitted, and that he may be informed that it is given solely
on ie ground of the desire of the British Government to remove all possible
reasons for dissatisfaction on his part, and of their wish to place his relations
with-the Akrabee tribe on a clear footing. The opportunity sJould^Cbe
taken of mtimatmg to him, m explicit terms, that the British Government
control. 1 " h6 k '’ abeeS t0 b6 “ mde P eniieilt Wbe, and not under the Sultan’s
No. 2080 P.
refc C ° PT f t0 ■ Plnan ?i al . Department for information and further orders with
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning the claims of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden, part of the territory of the Akrabee [Akrabi] tribe.

The papers cover: summary of relations between Lahej, the Akrabi tribe, and the British Government; the question of the payment of compensation to the Sultan of Lahej for expenditure incurred by him in coercing the Akrabi tribe in 1850, following the murder of an English seaman; the question of the formal recognition by the Government of India of the independence of the Akrabi tribe; and the agreement of the Government of India to a proposal to give $2500 as a present to the Sultan of Lahej.

The main correspondent is the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Aden.

The Enclosures are dated 15 August to 30 September 1871. The Enclosures also contain copies of correspondence dated 1850-51 from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Aden.

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There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 251, numbered 1-6.

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