File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [92v] (180/212)
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to his less important followers. He gave this, or a considerable portion of it,
to Ali Mohsin Askar for distribution. The latter appears to have unduly
favoured his own friends, or followers, and the Nakib was greatly incensed.
Ali Askar is very irascible, and in spite of his great age very masterful. We
understand that his quarrels with his relations are frequent. Whether in
consequence of Ali Mohsin Askar’s behaviour over the distribution of the
presents, Ali Askar has also refused to give the latter any share of the stipend,
we do not know, but the whole dispute is a family affair, which except at the
present moment would probably be of little importance. Ali Mohsin Askar
has apparently been trying to play off the Commission against the E-esidency.
6 . Colonel Wahab has written to the Nakib, asking his assistance in the
matter of the Shaibi border, and I am writing to him to support Colonel
Wahab’s request. I have also been informed by Captain Warneford that Ali
Mohsin Askar, after an interview with himself, thought better of refusing to
help the Commission in the matter of the Shaibi border, and wrote to them
proffering assistance. He now appears to have returned to his home in Yaffa,
Foreign Office Press—No. 1001—4-9.03—54.
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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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