ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٣ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: الوضع؛ انسحاب الوكيل السياسي من الضالع؛ معاهدات مع زعماء قبائل الحواشب والقُتيبي والعلوي" [و‎‎٩‎٥] (٥٠٨/١٨٥)

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should certainly keep in touch with Amiri 'affairs and visit D’thala as often as ’
may he necessary and convenient. The occurrence of hostilities between the -/e.
Turks and Imamis in the neighbourhood of Kataba furnishes an additional
reason for the course I propose. If the Political Agent is called upon U visit /a
Amin or Haushabi territory, I propose that he should be accompanied through- /
out by a suitable escort of the Aden troop and by the Amir or Haushahi Snl
tan or by some member of their families.
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9. It is understood that the measures I have proposed above are mainly
directed against the Bedouin Subaihi who are responsible for the majority of
the outrages that occur. I believe that it/be more effective and cheaper in the /s wool]
end thoroughly to punish them for their past misdeeds, and if this were done
the effective policing of the 35*mile limit would be a comparatively easy mat
ter. But^if other considerations forbid the despatch of an expedition against
the Subaihis, then we can still do a good deal with an active and mobile body of
frontier mounted police organised as I have suggested.
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