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File 600/1905 Pt 6 'Aden Hinterland: Upper Yaffai; treaties with Sultan Kahtan and other Chiefs' [101r] (197/212)
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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successors, and the whole of the Mausatta clan, to refrain from entering into
any conespondence, agreement, or treaty with any foreign nation or Power ;
and further promise to give immediate notice to the Resident 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-bin-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 Mausatta or any part of the same at any time, to any
Power other than the British Government.
IV
Ihe said Nakibs Ali-hin-Askar-hin-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, Brigadier-General,
Bolitical Resident.
TP itnesses~-
H. M. Abtjd, Lieut.-Col.,
Bolitical Agent and First Assistant Resident.
G. W. Bury,
Extra Assistant Resident.
[Seals of] Ali-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim and
Moshin-bin-Askar-bin-Ali Kasim.
Witnesses —
Ali J after.
Abdul Rub Salim, A.G.
CURZON,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
This treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in
Council at Simla, on the 26th day of October, A. D. One thousand nine
hundred and three.
LOUIS W. DANE,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.
Foreign Office Frew— No. 1369—2-11-03—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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