'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [‎74r] (152/404)

HISTORICAL RESUME' OF MOKALLA, SHEHR, ETC. 135
quarrel as they pleased. If the terms proposed were
accepted by one and refused by the other party, then
Government was prepared to prevent war by sea ;
(4) neither party was to be allowed to obtain assistance
from India in men or material;
(5) the Resident was to report the result of his com
munications with the chiefs, and to be at liberty to make
modifications. Any settlement freely accepted by both
parties would be acceptable to the Government of
India.
'In acknowledging this Resolution the Resident on 29th
November solicited information—
(1) as to whether Government would view with friendlv
feelings the possession of Mokalla by the Turks,
Italians, or French •
(2) whether in the event of the Naki'b ceding Mokalla to
the Kaitf, Government would authorize the Resident to
guarantee a stipend to the Nakib;
( 3 ) whether, in the event of Mokalla being handed over to
him, Government were prepared to form an offensive
and defensive alliance w’ith the Kaitf Jemaddr;
(4) whether, in the event of the Kaitf becoming half owner
of Mokalla, Government would permit an European
officer to be placed at Mokalla to look after its
revenues, his salary being paid by both chiefs.
The Resident after explaining why he asked these ques
tions added that the Nakfb was still desirous of coming under
the protectorate of Government, and was ready to give up
one-sixth of his revenue, and that it remained for Government
to decide whether such a protectorate was feasible.
On the 2nd December the Resident telegraphed to Govern
ment the capture of Burum and the necessity of a Government
steamer at Aden to despatch to Mokalla to effect a truce for
20 days so as to enable British subjects to quit if necessary.
The capture of Burum was effected by troops shipped in
buggalows at Shehr and landed at Burum. Little resistance
■ was experienced.
On the 6th December H. M. S. “ Philomel ” proceeded to
Shehr and Mokalla with Mr. Saleh Jaffer, the Native Assistant,
who was instructed to demand a truce and to warn British