File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [‎167v] (118/152)

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ment / Ui f 110t Want ? S nor it; re< l uirctl us to Visit Aden. They put us off
. r w “, rc 3 tootu coming to Aden. Subsequently we we nt to the Kaiti
who is under your protection, your friend, and has a treaty with yo and n
so doing we have not gone to a Foreign Government and we have not com
mi ed any faithless act against you. As to your letter to our address, directing
us not to create any disturbance, we are under your command and under he
Government and we are your children. But we fear that the faithless Mohlin
bm Saleh and his brothers, who committed bad deeds against you, us, and the
poor, would construct buildings at Balahaf, when, on the other hand, vou have
prevented us from creating any disturbance. Your order is on our heads a,G
we place our possession at Balahaf under security of God and our master Jesus
Christ as well as the great British Government. No one assisted the great
Government in the matter of the new treaty, which was written on the Lee
the e Freneh a and T 8 *!® 8 ' a Moh ® m and his Mother Ahmed had gone to
the French, and afterwards Ahmed was imprisoned until the time he entered
into treaty, but again he became faithless. We write this letter with a request
that your reply may be directed to our address at Majdaha or Mokalla.
May you be preserved.
Translation of a letter, dated 80th Shawal 1322 (6th January 1906).
From—S ultan Saleh bin Abdulla, the Wahidi of Balahaf,
To— Major-General H. M. Mason, 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.
Oh friend we have already seat you a letter informing you of what
happened, of the bad deeds of Sultan Mohsin Saleh and his brother Ahmed
Saleh, and their treachery against Government when they went to The
French and the Turks Subsequently we entered Aden (ami went) to the
Resident and concluded a new treaty with Government on the larire sheets
of paper, and Ahmed bin Saleh was included in the treaty. Then he and his
brother made treachery at sea by plundering considerable property from the
poor on the sea and the poor were oppressed. Afterwards the disturbance and
quarrel took place between us and them for your sake. Now when they observed
the false is from you they brought Bedouins and spies by money and gave
you false evidence. Know, oh inend, that we are not willin 0, that neither
Mohsin bin Saleh nor his brother should extend their hands oa° our‘land ;„1
property nor have any hand or interference with our possessions. Know, oh
friend, that we have sold the half of Balahaf and of Jila and all what belong
to us on the coast to Sultan Ghalib bin Awadth, the Kaiti, and we are willing
and satisfied with the final [some unintelligible word] sale. We address you this
ni r d T e u d ° f . Sale ' S sent b y the of Syed Husen bm
preserved ^-chdthar for the signature of the Resident thereon. May you be
, ,. ■ P ;^'T4, nc }, We ™ fo r 1 ? ? le exalte d great Government that we have sold and
dedicated to Sultan Ghalib bm Awadth, the Kaiti, half of Balahaf and half of
Jila as contained in the deed of sale. The dedication is such that can he
executed immediately and we are freely willing to the same without force or
vioJeace.
We are in the healthy condition of body and mind and our writireis
witness against us. 6
Letter No. 1806, dated the 18th March 1905.
From—C. H. A. Hill, Esq., C.I.E., Acting Secretary to the Government of
-Bombay, Political Department,
To— Major-General H. M. Mason, 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.
1° ^knowledge the receipt of your letter No. 1094, dated
the iOth February last, with which you forwarded a translation submitted by
oultan oalen oiti Abdiilla of Ins TPP.PTvf*. i i n *
Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla of his recent transaction with Sultan
sale of his share of the port of Balahaf.
Ghalib for the
t . .. 2 : The ex Planation is no explanation at all, but Sultan Saleh’s letters
\ indicate, or appear to indicate, that he was anxious to part with his share
because he felt he might be unable to hold it against Sultan Mohsin. The
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