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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [11r] (17/212)
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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^urco-Iajltimic proclivities, ij^leh bii^Craer h^d more
over not approached us with his claim to the succession
nor whs it considered likely that he would do so, as
he had held the allegiance of at least oiie half of
the tribesmen and the de facto leader-ship of the
tribe since the date that Kahtan visited Aden in l^Ub
and there w*a no sicn that Omer bin Kahtan would
prove more successful than his father in asserting his
rights. it was, therefore, recommended that if the
Government were prepared to put up with the stake of
affairs that had been in vogue since the late Gultan
Kahtan 1 s deposition (l) his son Omer be given a
period of grace to rehabilitate himself, say for one
year, and the stipend be paid to him, or (ii) Galeh
be ignored as wad done in the lifetime of Kahtan,
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as Galeh’s adherents were pro-Turkish or pro-Islamic
and to substantiate this by recognition of Omer bin
Kahtaiu’s claim to the Gultanate.
The Government of India agreed to both
these proposals.
lights have continued between trie two parties,
but our nominee has failed to establish his superiority
over his uncle. During the war, however, SultM Gale*
made overtures to us and considering the advantages
to be gained by alienating him from the Turks, he was
encouraged by this icesidency. Gultaxy/proveu his
borta fides and stood by us loyally. he was pro-Turk
and pro-Imam at one time but is not so any longer.
The consensus of opinion in Yafa has always been that
unless the two rivals were reconciled, there will be
construit trouble in that quarter. Both parties
wer * therefore asked to come to terms, a* to continue
bolster up a dead cause was clearly of no avail *nd
/we
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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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- 3r:58r, 59r:74v, 76r:76v, 78r:78v, 80r:89v, 91v:99v, 101v:102v, 104r:104v, 106r:108v
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