ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٥ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: معاهدة مع سلطان بلحاف" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٤] (١٥٢/١٣١)

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No. 115 of 1902.
Aden Residency, the \2>th August 1902.
To ,
• Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh,
The Wahidi.
After compliments.
We have received your letter of the 20th Rabi-ui-Akhir 1320 (25th July
1902).
Know that the fort at Balahaf has been destroyed by us—a punishment
for the act of piracy committed on the sambook Fateh-al-Salam from
which a large sum of money was looted by you and your people. We have
also closed the port of Balahaf to trade and have detained Ahmed Saleh as a
prisoner in Aden, until the cash $6,020 and Rs. 140 taken from the sambook
Fateh-al-Salam is returned to us.
We received a letter from Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla of Rabi-ul-Awal 1320,
in reply to which we informed Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla that as Government
did not accede to the request to acknowledge you as the Wahidi Chief of
Balahaf, he (Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla) is the acknowledged Sultan. He was
requested to take the necessary steps to punish you for your acts and continued
misbehaviour and to send at once to Aden the $6,020 and Rs. 140 which
were in seven packages and other goods which you plundered from the sambook
Fateh-al-Salam.
In conclusion, we inform you that your brother Ahmed Saleh will not be
released until you pay back the $6,020 and Rs. 140.
(Signed) H. M. Abud, Lieut.-Colonel,
Acting Political Resident, Aden.
No. 106 of 1902.
To
Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla,
The Wahidi of Balahaf.
After compliments.
We write this to inform you that your port at Balahaf has been destroyed
by us as a punishment for the act of piracy committed on the sambook
Fateh-al-Salam from which a large sum of money was looted by your people.
We have further closed the port of Balahaf to trade and have also detained
Ahmed Saleh as a prisoner in Aden, until the cash $6,020 and Rs. 140 taken
from the sambook Fateh-al-Salam is returned to us.
(Signed) H. M. Abud,
Political Resident, Aden.