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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [94r] (183/212)
The record is made up of 1 item (104 folios). It was created in Jan 1904-Feb 1920. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Oonfldential.
No. 193-P.
Political Department.
From
Bombay Castle, Vdth August 1903.
The Honourable Mr. S. W. EDGEPLEY, C.I.E., I. C. S.,
Secretary to the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
;
To
LOUIS W. DANE, Esq., I. C. S.,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.
Sir,
I am directed to forward, for the approval and ratification of the Government
of India, the treaties (in duplicate) negotiated by the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Aden,
with the Sheikhs of the Dthubi and Mausatta clans o£ the Upper Yaifai tribe,
in which they pledge themselves, inter alia, not to dispose of their territory
to any other Power than the British Government.
2 . I am at the same time to enclose copy of a letter No. 221, dated the
2nd August 1903, from the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Aden, describing the strength
and constitution of the Yaffai tribe and the circumstances in which the treaties
were concluded, and submitting his recommendations regarding the stipends
to be granted to the Dthubi and Mausatta. The Governor in Council is of
opinion that the amounts agreed upon are extremely moderate, having regard to
the character and strength of the tribe, and may be sanctioned.
3 . I am to add that, in the circumstances related, the Governor in Council
approves of the action of the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in keeping in abeyance the
conclusion of a treaty with Sultan Kahtan.
4. His Excellency the Governor in Council also supports the request
made in the last sentence of the Political Resident’s letter.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
S. W. EDGERLEY,
Secretary to Government.
con 468
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Part 6 of the file relates to treaty relations with tribal sections of the Upper Yaffai [Upper Yafa].
The correspondents include:
- Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden;
- Political Officer, Dthala [al-Ḍāli‘];
- Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ;
- Government of India;
- India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London;
- Foreign Office, London.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- a treaty with Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omer Har-Hara [Qaḥṭān bin ‘Umar al-Harhara] of the ruling dynasty of the Yaffa'i al-Sufal tribe;
- treaties with the Muflahai [Al-Muflihi], Mausatta [Al-Mawsata], Hadthrami [Al-Hadhrami], Al-Shaibi, and Dthubi [Al-Dhubi] sections of the Yaffa'i al-Sufal tribe;
- treaties with the ruler of Behan-Al-Kasab [Bayḥān al-Qasāb] and the ruler of the Upper Aulaqi territory;
- an agreement with Shaikh Mutahir Ali [Muṭahir ‘Alī] of ‘Ardaf in Shaib to maintain boundary pillars along the borders of his territory;
- the question of who should be recognised as Sultan of the Upper Yafa, particularly after the death of Qaḥṭān bin ‘Umar in September 1913;
- payment of a regular stipend to the Sultan.
Folio 98 is a genealogical chart of the Sultans of Yaffa'i al-Sufal.
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