File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [‎70r] (135/212)

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No. dated Mahableshwar, the 15 h Oetobei - 1903
From—The Hon'ble Mr. S. W. Edgerley, C I.E , Chief Secretary to the Govern
ment of Bombay,
To—L W. Dane, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Depart
ment.
In continuation of my letter No. ‘/20-P., dated the 16th September 1903, I
am directed to forward, for the orders of the Government of India, copy of a
letter No. 255, dated the 30th September 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, reporting the conclusion of a provisional treaty with the Hadthrami sec
tions of the Yatfai tribe and requesting permission to conclude a treaty with the
Shaikh of the Shaibi Clan.
2. I am to state that any remarks the Bombay Government may desire
to make will follow, possibly by telegram.
No. 255, dated Camp Dchala, the 30thiSeptember 1903.
From —Major-General P. J. Maitland, C.B., 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,
To—The 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. , Political Department.
In continuation of my No. 222, dated 3rd September 19)3, I have the
honour to report that I have ventured, in anticipation of the sanction of Gov
ernment, to conclude a treaty with one of the smaller sections of the Yaffai, viz.,
the Hadthrami.
2. The Chief of this Section, Sheikh Mohsin bin-Mohsin, is a person of
some importance. The territory occupied by his tribesmen is of a considerable
extent, lying immediately behind, and contiguous to, the District of Dthabiani,
one of the border districts of Yaffa, our claim to which is disputed by the
Turkish Commission.
3 . The Chief, who had been very helpful when the Survey party and
Captain Warneford w r ent into Rubiaten, was anxious for a treaty, and having
regard to all the circumstances of the case, I thought it advisable to give him
one, distinctly explaining to him at the same time that approval and ratification
by Government were necessary before the treaty had any value. The terms of
the treaty are identical with those of the Dthubi and Muflahai treaties and the
stipend is only ten dollars per mensem. I trust that my action will be approv
ed, and that the Government of India will be pleased to ratify the treaty.
4. In paragraph 7 of my letter No. 224, dated 2nd August 1903, it was
stated that there was some doubt about the Daudi Section, who might be