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File 600/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Sultan of Balahaf' [174r] (131/152)
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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No. 115 of 1902.
Aden
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.
, the \2>th August 1902.
To ,
• Sultan Mohsin bin Saleh,
The Wahidi.
After compliments.
We have received your letter of the 20th Rabi-ui-Akhir 1320 (25th July
1902).
Know that the fort at Balahaf has been destroyed by us—a punishment
for the act of piracy committed on the sambook Fateh-al-Salam from
which a large sum of money was looted by you and your people. We have
also closed the port of Balahaf to trade and have detained Ahmed Saleh as a
prisoner in Aden, until the cash $6,020 and Rs. 140 taken from the sambook
Fateh-al-Salam is returned to us.
We received a letter from Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla of Rabi-ul-Awal 1320,
in reply to which we informed Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla that as Government
did not accede to the request to acknowledge you as the Wahidi Chief of
Balahaf, he (Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla) is the acknowledged Sultan. He was
requested to take the necessary steps to punish you for your acts and continued
misbehaviour and to send at once to Aden the $6,020 and Rs. 140 which
were in seven packages and other goods which you plundered from the sambook
Fateh-al-Salam.
In conclusion, we inform you that your brother Ahmed Saleh will not be
released until you pay back the $6,020 and Rs. 140.
(Signed) H. M. Abud, Lieut.-Colonel,
Acting
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.
No. 106 of 1902.
To
Sultan Saleh bin Abdulla,
The Wahidi of Balahaf.
After compliments.
We write this to inform you that your port at Balahaf has been destroyed
by us as a punishment for the act of piracy committed on the sambook
Fateh-al-Salam from which a large sum of money was looted by your people.
We have further closed the port of Balahaf to trade and have also detained
Ahmed Saleh as a prisoner in Aden, until the cash $6,020 and Rs. 140 taken
from the sambook Fateh-al-Salam is returned to us.
(Signed) H. M. Abud,
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.
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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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