ملف ٣٩٣٩/١٩٢٦ الجزء ٣ "المنشورات: تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: قسميّ عدن والجزيرة العربية." [و‎‎٩‎٠] (٤١٠/١٧٣)

ADEN — The Abdali — NO. X— 1881.
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may be increased, therefore Brigadier-General Francis Loch, C.B., Political Resi
dent at Aden, being duly authorised on behalf of the British Government, doth
hereby covenant with the aforesaid Fadthl bin Ali Mohsin Fadthl Al-Abdali
Sultan of Lahej, on behalf of himself, that the Abdali Sultans and their heirs and
successors shall hereafter be acknowledged as exercising sovereign authority
over the territory occupied by all the tribes of the Subaihi, and including the
Mansuri, Makhdumi, Rujai and Dubaini, which three former are at present sti
pendiaries of the British Government, but excluding such as at present acknow
ledge Turkish supremacy.
As another proof in furtherance of the foregoing object, Sultan Fadthl bin
Ali Mohsin Fadthl Al-Abdali hereby binds himself, his heirs and successors to
observe the following conditions :—
Article 1.
As soon as the said Sultan Fadthl kin Ali Mohsin Fadthl-al-Abdali shall sign
this agreement, he engages to be responsible for all acts of plunder or outrages
of any kind whenever committed by the Subaihi, and binds himself to make
immediate and complete restoration or compensation in such cases for all wounds
or loss of lives or property.
Article 2.
No treaty or agreement of any kind is to be entered into with any other State
for the sale, mortgage, lease, or hire or gift of any portion of the territory now
or hereafter subject to the authority of the Sultans of the Abdali without the
consent of the British Government.
Article 3.
No forts or buildings are to be erected on the sea-coast without the permis-
sion of the Resident at Aden. Nor are arms, ammunition, slaves, merchandise,
spirituous liquors or intoxicating drugs to be landed or embarked at any part
of the coast without the sanction of the-Resident being-previously obtained.
Article 4.
No new taxes to be levied by the Abdali on goods passing through the Subaihi
territory to Aden, nor are the Subaihi to be allowed to levy any taxes on their
own account.
Article 5.
If one or more Subaihis commit outrages on the road, and the Sultan of the
Abdali fail to exact the booty from them on account of their having taken refuge
in Turkish territory, the Abdali Sultan will not be responsible for such people
after doing his utmost in recovering the booty and in arresting the plunderers.