ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٣ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: الوضع؛ انسحاب الوكيل السياسي من الضالع؛ معاهدات مع زعماء قبائل الحواشب والقُتيبي والعلوي" [و‎‎٥‎٩] (٥٠٨/١١٣)

4.
Meaiwhlle the Ahdali hi
as returned to Lahej for
a
few days on private affairs*
seriously ill.
one of his wives being reported
f2nd February I 9 Q 8 .
2 .
The Amir of D' thala and the Kotaibi and the Alawi
Sheikhs have proceeded to Lahej, where the Abdali has also
summoned the Kaushabi Sultan to a Conference. And I hope that
this may result in some satisfactory proposals being put forward
by the Chiefs themselves which shall guarantee a greater
measure of security for the Aden-D* thala road in future.
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X
29th February 1908.
Having presumably attended to the private affairs
alluded to in paragraph 4 of my letter, dated the 15th instant,
the Abdali has now signified a desire to return to Aden. He
returns accordingly to-day, and I shall anange to ^ee him and
to hear whatever it is that he now desires to say before I
leave for Ferim next 1'onday .
e The Haushabi Sultan is also on his way to pay ne a
vis it.
7 th LI arch 1908.
Before leaving
for Perim I had another lengthy mtervi
ew
v/ i th