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No. 5139, dated-Bombay Castle, the^nd July 1907 (Secret).
From-H^a Q^Esq., Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
1 am (lirect f i forward herewith, for the information of tlie Government
of India, copy of a Secret letter No. 4310, dated the I3th July 1007, from the
nf ° t 1 l tlCa p Resident, Aden, and of its accompaniments, relative to the withdrawal
ie o i ica Agent from D thala and the arrangements to be made for the
purpose of ensuring the safety of the Aden-Dthala road,
2.1 am to state that any remarks which the Bombay Government have
to make on the Political Resident's proposals will be submitted to the Govern =
ment ot India later on. ■
No. 4310, dated Aden, the 13th July 1907 (Secret.)
From-LiEUTENANT-Cor.oNEL P. R. Legh, Acting Political Resident, Aden,
To The Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay,Political Depaitment.
ith reference to correspondence ending with your telegram dated the
9th July ly()\ relative to the withdrawal of the Political Agent from D'thala
and the arrangements to be made for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the
Aden !) thala Road, I have the honour to submit the following report on the
points alluded to in Foreign Department telegram, dated the 27th June last.
2. From the attached copy of a memor mdum, No 427, dated the 7th July
1907, which has been received from the Political Agent, Lthala. it will be
observed that, though he dwells at some length upon the fact that the Amir’s
suzerainty is a convenient fiction and urges that it is to Government alone
that the Kotaibi Tribe will admit real responsibility, he at the same time does
not anticipitate that fresh difficulties will arise from theschene of paying the
Kofaibi tribe the proposed stipend through the Amir of Dthala, and htlieves
that he can arrange for it to be now agreeably received through the Amir’s
medium.
3. Under the circumstances, there would seem to be no reason why this
arrangement should not be now effected, and the Amir’s concurrence formally
obtained to the proposed agreement with the Kotaibi ’tribe.
4. The drift agreements, which are herewith submitted for the consideration
of Government (Appendix “A”), contain no actual mention of suzerainty or
mediation, but if Government think it expedient that more prominence should
be given to these features the desired etfect can be obtained by slight modifica
tion of the preamble and of Article 8.
5 lu the case of the Haushabi Tabe, with whom we hnve a separate Pro
tectorate Treaty, the existence of Abdali suzerainty and mediati >n was made
the subject of a separate and personal agreement between the Chiefs concerned
In 895. But as we have no such treaty with the Kotaibi Tribe, Government
may think it expedient that a different course should be adopted in regard to
them. And as Major Jacob is of opinion that this can be arranged without
difficulty, special mention of the Amir’s mediation might accordingly be made
in Article 8 of the suggested agreement with the Kotaibi. A similar course
would not seem to be necessary in the case of the Haushabi agreement.
6. As to the pioposed redistribution of posts, Major Jacob anticipates no
difficulties, and suggests immediate action. But I am of opinion that it would
be inexpedient to destrov the Suleik Post until the proposed agreements have
been concluded, and the Political Agent has himself withdrawn from D thala to
Nobat Dakim The post at Dnr Al Quabtan nfght he destroyed after the pro.
posed agreements have been concluded, as soon as the Political Agent canen
venientlv arrange for its destruction with the Alawi bheikh. n 0 a
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