ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٤ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: المعاهدات المقترحة مع سلطان البدع وسلطان العوذلي؛ وقد ظلّت المعاهدة مع البدع معلّقة" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٥] (١٥٨/١٠١)

of acquiring some personal knowledge of the country and of
individuals before treaties with then are concluded. There
is good reason to believe that sone of the treaties entered
into with the Upper Yaffai and with Behan-al-Kasab were
not really concluded with the nost powerful and truly re
presentative members of the communities concerned.
5. I am personally inclined to the opinion that a treaty
the Rasasi Chief of Beda. This opinion is based upon in
formation obtained from various sources including the Abdali
Sultan and other persons of importance who have been in
terviewed on the subject. But it would, I think, be desirabl
that if possible a more direct personal knowledge should
be acquired of the Districts before individuals are finally
doubt that Sultan Ali bin Ahmed the Rasasi is really a man
of influence, but one of the main causes of his not having
at present visited Aden would at the same time appear to
be connected w r ith the relations subsisting between him and
the minor Chiefs of the sub-tribes of the Baniardth.
7. At the present moment the position may be said to be
that there are too manv at work trying to bring in the Beda
selected to represent the tribes concerned.
6. In regard to Beda itself, there is little room for
Sultan