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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [18r] (31/212)
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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KA' hiawah,
II @
October 1919
My denr Barrett,
Your demi-official tio. )o56 dated 1/th Oct
ober 1919 re Yafai affaira.
I certainly made no prorata# whatever to
Jultan omer bin Kahtan that we would pay nny blood-
money. i had two or throe interviews with him
with a view to try and £©t him to settle with bultan
oaleh bin truer, X also spoke about it with the
i,uflahi Sheikh. Such interviews as took place were
purely of n non-official nature. i did not discuss
the matter officially with the Hoaident with a view
to getting terms of a settlement arranged.
the quest ion of blood-money but he was distinctly
told that no such cons iderat ions could be discussed
until a settlement was made by him with Sultan baleh
bin Omer. And at the last interview i told him that
i could see his one desire was to get more money out
of us ana not to effect h settlement at all.
blood-money without discussing the question with the
liesident which i never did, though 1 mentioned to
hin the fact that an interview had taken place.
Qmer bin Kahtan had no intention of settling that
jl never bothered any more about it. xf i had been
1 remember that Omer bin K ah tan did mention
X would never have proposed or promised
It was so obvious then to me that >ultan
in Aden and n definite agreement had been made
/ in front
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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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- File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs'
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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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