File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [‎31r] (57/212)

SECRET.
Dated Aden 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. , the 4th November 1916.
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. at Aden,
To-L. Robertson, Esq., C.S.T, 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. , Pohtical
Department.
Please see paragraph 8 of Weekly Letter, dated 21 st September 1916. Kadi
Atik^of Behan write! that he will try to get into touch with ° ^
(Turkish) in view to winning them over to our cause. These Shaikhs are trim
mer s.” . , , .
2 The Kadi reports that a Turkish officer had run away from San a with his
children and property; that at Bajil, (the stage before Hodeida), some Arabs
Wed him and killed five of the children. On the Turk’s person were discovered
letters addressed to Constantinople in which the treachery of the Arabs was
mSed. With regard to this the Kadi remarks “ Evidently-the Turks
have attributed treachery to the Imam.
The Imam is still closely watching the struggle of the Turks in the Yemen
and has not yet shewn his hand.
3 Shaikh Salim bin Saleh bin Atif Jabir, one of the 2 Dubi (Yafa) stipendiaries
reoorts that better relations exist now between our nominee the SuLan of Lpper
Yafa uiz Ui^r bin Kahtan and his uncle Saleh bin Umar, and he hopes that
we w'ill help matters on.
Tt was Saleh who, in 1904, when his brother Kahtan came to Aden to sign
the treaty deposed him. Kahtan never regained his supremacy though he was
paid handsomely to further this object, and the stipend was continued to him
* f 1 Viw rleath as ‘ de hire ’ Sultan and is still paid to his son Umar, who for
riot time ht been a Refugee in the Dubi country It is best to let things run
their course for in this way the union, if ever effected between uncle and nephew,
wiii be more closely cemented than possible by our interference. Last June
this 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. sent Sultan Saleh a present of Rs. 400.
4 The old Fadli Sultan has called down a Yafa geomancer to tell him (1)
if Saffi Pasha’s stov is temporary or permanent and (2) the nature of his sickness
and 1 probable span of his days ! The Sultan is in his dotage and is not
expected to live long.
-> The Upper Aulaki Sultan and Upper Aulaki Shaikh (both stipendiaries)
have made a formal agreement with the Sultan of Labe] that they will concert
with him against the Turks if the British move out.
Dated Aden 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. , the 4th (received the 9th) November 1916.
Endorsed 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. at Aden.
Copy forwarded, with compliments, to the Deputy Secretary to the Govern-
ment of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
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