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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [91r] (177/212)
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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each be free to enter the territories of the other. They shall not he molested,
hut shall he treated with respect at all times and in all places. The Nakibs of
the Mausatta shall visit Aden when they please. They shall he treated with
respect and he given passes to carry arms.
XI.—The said Nakibs Ali-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim and Mohsin-bin-Askar-
bin-Ali Kasim hereby agree and promise on behalf of themselves, their heirs,
and successors, and the whole of the Mausatta clan, to refrain from entering into
any correspondence, agreement, or treaty with any Eoreign Nation or Power;
and further promise to give immediate notice to the Kesident at Aden, or
other British officer of the attempt by any other Power to interfere with the
territory of the Mausatta and its dependencies.
III. —The said Nakibs Ali-bin-Askar-hin-Ali Kasim and Mohsin-bin-Askar-
bin-Ali Kasim hereby bind themselves and their heirs and successors for ever
that they will not cede, sell, mortgage, lease, hire, or give, or otherwise dispose
of, the territory of the M ausatta or any part of the same at any time to any
Power other than the British Government.
IV. —The said Nakibs Ali-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim and Mohsin-bin-Askar-
bin-Ali Kasim further promise on behalf of themselves, their heirs, and
successors, and their tribesmen, that they will keep open the roads in the
country of the Mausatta, and that they will protect all persons who may be
going in the direction of Aden for the purposes of trade, or returning therefrom.
In consideration thereof the British Government agrees to pay to the said
Nakibs and to their successor, or successors, a monthly sum of 50 (fifty) dollars,
the half of which is twenty-five dollars.
V. —The above treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness thereof
the undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at Aden, this third day of
July one thousand, nine hundred and three.
P. J. Maitland, Brig.-Genl.,
Political Besident, Aden.
Witnesses —
H. M. Abud, Lieut.•Col.,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and First
Assistant Resident, Aden.
G. W. Bttby,
Extra Assistant
Resident, Aden.
Ali Askar Ali Kasim.
Mohsin-bin-Askar Ali Kasim.
Witnesses —
Ali Mohsin Askar.
Ali Jaffer.
Abdul Bub Salim Ali.
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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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