File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [‎140v] (64/152)

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bv thp f vL t p C - f ? of SuItan Mohsin bin Saleh is recognized and approved
IrLn G , ,f ® ntlsh Government, we do hereby undertake to truly and
n/t)!/r? ’“I 6 b r t0 alwa y s consider him the leader and father
below r .l P e ° f Abd “ Wahldl - In token thereof we hereby affix our signatures
The 19th day of May 1905.
(Sd.) Sultan Husen bin Saleh.
(Sd.) Sultan Abdulla bin Husen.
(Sd.) Say id Salim bin Ahmad bin Ali A1 Mahdar.
(Sd.) Sayid Kassim bin Ali A1 Mahdar.
(Sd.) Omer bin Salim bin Sheikh Bubaker bin Salim.
Mark of Sultan Saleh bin Nasir bin Ali A1 Wahidi.
Mark of Sheikh Awadth bin Hadi Sulamani.
Mark of Sheikh Sayid bin Nasil A1 Jasari.
Mark of Sheikh Sayid bin Salim Ba Hakina.
(Sd.) Nasir bin Mohsin bin Uma bin Ali.
(Sd.) Mohamed bin Hasan bin Abdul Saboor.
Mark of Ali bin Yaslara bin Habtoor.
(Sd.) Hasan bin Nasir bin Fahid.
Mark of Sayid bin Ali Abdali.
Mark of Salim bin Nasir Ba Tawil.
Signed in my presence this day the 19th May 1905.
H. M. MASON, Major-General,
Resident, Aden.
The Resident interviewed Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla of Bahhnf r™
>ng. He informed him that a full report of his affairs was n^w bein J S ent to
Government and that he would be informed of the result in due course
ah •iY P ° 1 !' fi ult w ; S er eh bin Abdulla ur 8 in S that some of the Sultans and
Shetkhs ot the W ahidis were in favour of his election as Sultan, he was informed
that none of those seen by the First Assistant Resident at Balahaf or pre“n‘
f °T iw 1 ! nm es I ,1 ' essed such m end he was also reminded of the“
fact that in 1.101 a pronouncement m favour of the election of m i. •
bin Saleh had been made by certain leaders of the Wahidi tribes and also hythn
of^se, W of himself. " 1,lqU,ry 0nly C0Ilflrmed * with exertion,’
K-a U i° ' Y fi S lnfor . m ® d th athe must now await the orders of Government and
abide by them whatever they were. Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla then eTprefsed
his irrevocable enmity towards Sultan Mohsin and his determination tn
destroy himself rather than ever himself acknowledge Mohsin\ ,nn. *
He illustrated this by drawing his Jambia and placing ^ against his throaT^'d
then flinging it on the ground-an act of bad mLnenf whig wl re aRv pe d
fectly inexcusable. He mentioned certain four names given in the ? ,
list as those of influential supporters of his cause. Ho w S as told that he h^af
ready been given ample opportunity to bring forward his supporters, but that
it was still open to him xf he choses to produce the four mentioned I wa,
however, pointed out to him that the four whom he had produced at BaRbaf
had none ot them expressed themselves iu bis favour or taken the trouble to
come to Aden to support his cause. U01e t0