Political No. 15 of 1873, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Regarding an Engagement Concluded with the Foodhlee Chief for Removing Transit Dues from the Road Passing through his Territory to Aden [‎139v] (22/34)

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Article II.
Major-General Charles William Tremenheere, C.B., 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, on behalf of the high Bntish Government, agrees to pay to Sultan
Haidara bin Ahmed bin Abdullah, the h oodhiee, and to his successor the monthly
sum of eighty (80) dollars, in consideration of the abolition of the transit dues
as aforesaid.
Article III.
This agreement is distinct from, and in addition to, the engagement which
was concluded with the Sultan of the Toodhlee tribe on the 27th day of May
1867, and the stipend as aforesaid, that is to say, the sum of eighty dollars to
he paid monthly, is over and above the stipend of one hundred dollars which
is at this present time paid monthly by the^high British Government to the
Sultan of the Eoodhlee tribe, and this engagement is to come into force and to
have effect from this date of writing, that is to say, the 6 th day of May 1872,
answering to the 28th day of Safar in the year of the Hijra 1289.
(Sd.) M. Schneider, Brigadier-General,
Bolitical Resident, Aden,
On behalf of Major-General G. W. Tremenheere, C.B.
(Sd.) (Persian characters.)
(Sd.) NOBTHBBOOK.
Ratified by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India at
Calcutta on the eighteenth day of December 1872.
(Sd.) C. U. Aitchison,
Secretary to the Government oj India,
Enclosure No. 4.
No. 6895, dated Bombay Castle, 25th November 1872.
Tiom Secietaiy to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ,
To Secietaiy to the Government of India, Foreign Department, with the G. G.
transmiSShifuSissTon to tb 14th , ul J i “ 0 ’. 1 am di f ct f l to
from the Tip^vw Va , , on to tlie Government of India, copy of a letter
refusal of Sultan Ahmelbto Alf'tbe Y^ff’ ^t^ ^ the
eluded in May last ililj tJle t affaee, to carry out the Convention con-
No. 246-897, dated Aden, 12th November 1872.
iom—- 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. , Aden
to the Govemme,nt ° f B ° mba y-
Letter No 94344 - p ^ 0 ^ col ’ res P 011 donce marginally cited, I have the honor to
8 th report that Sultan Ahmed bin Ali, the
Yaffaee, persistently refuses to carry out
Government Resolution, No^h • p v . Convention concluded in May last,
ment, dated i 4 th October 1872. ’ n 0 ltlcal on his behalf and with his consent by
2 Pis eldest son through the Resident.