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File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [168v] (120/152)
The record is made up of 1 item (74 folios). It was created in Sep 1904-Jul 1906. 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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Assistant Resident to visit Balahaf on the 1st proximo, with a view to holding
a local inquiry into the rights of the family concerned over the Port, and also
with a view to ascertaining on the spot the wishes of all the members of the
family and of the Sheikhs and Akils of the Wahidi both in regard to the
Sultanship and the true interests of the Port of Balahaf.
2. I am directing my First Assistant Resident after holding this enquiry
to bring the leading Akils and Sheikhs concerned into Aden with a view to an
ultimate settlement of their affairs being arrived at here, subject of course to
the final approval of Government, to whom a full report will be submitted
upon the conclusion of the inquiry.
3. Meanwhile in reference to the degree of interest in the Port of Balahaf
with which Sultan Saleh has endeavoured to part, I have the honour to invite
reference to the deeds of sale submitted to Government with this office No 626
of the 9th February; 1905 wherein reference is made to the famous and well
known half of the Port of Balahaf and of the Port of Khisat JaPa together
with all rights of administration and suzerainty on the coast and inland on all
sides of the Port, and also to paragraph 6 of this office letter No. 200, dated
27th November 1904 where it was reported as the result of personal inquiry
then made that half the customs dues were sent to Sultan Saleh and half to
Mohsin.
4. From the statement appended to this office letter No. 142, dated 9th
January 1905 it w ould, however, appear that Sultan Saleh’s share in the Port
was formerly ^th and is now only gVh 8 - And further local inquiry thus
seems advisable to clear up remaining doubts on this particular point.
5. I have further the honour to invite consideration of the fact that the
deeds of sale above referred to mention “ all rights of administration and
suzerainty on the coast and inland on all sides of the Port,” but that in this
office letter No. 200, dated 27th November 1904, the Port is described as the
ruins of a fort and a few huts built of mats and it is there stated that the port
was maintained merely as a customs post for the collection of dues on exports
and imports such as oamelVhair cloth, jowari and kerosine oil, and that only
about 20 to 30 men w r ere ordinarily stationed there for collection of those dues.
f lhe proposed further local inquiry will, it is hoped, clear up any remaining
doubts as to rights of suzerainty and administration included in the so-called
shares in the Port of Balahaf.
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G. C. Prcsi, 8im1».~Xo. C16J J. D,—ir-5-0t,—00.—E. 8
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Part 5 of the file relates to the negotiations over a treaty with the Wahidi [al-Wāḥidī], ruling family of Balahaf [Balhaf] and Bir Ali [Bīr ‘Alī].
The correspondents include:
- General Harry Macan 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. at Aden;
- 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, Foreign Department;
- numerous tribal leaders and representatives.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- the power struggle between Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh (al-Wāḥidī) and his father, Saleh bin Abdullah;
- Mohsin bin Saleh's submission to the British in December 1904 and his subsequent election as chief of Balhaf;
- Saleh bin Abdullah's attempt to sell his share of Balhaf to Sultan Ghalib of Maculla [al-Mukallā];
- the conclusion of a treaty with the Wāḥidīs on 13 November 1905.
Folios 158-161 contain tables of information on the tribal sections and sub-sections under the Wāḥidīs authority, a list of Wāḥidī villages, and a Wāḥidī genealogical chart.
Folio 148 is a copy of the final treaty between the British and the Wāḥidīs.
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- File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf'
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- 109r:147v, 149r:184v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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