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File 600/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Hinterland: Proposed Treaties with the Sultans of Beda and Audali; Treaty with Beda held in abeyance' [260r] (151/158)
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From Resident, Aden, to Foreign Secretary, Government of India,
2§th April 1903.
(Repeated to Bombay, Secretary of State for India, and Constantinople.)
In continuation of my telegram of the 23rd April. North-Eastern
delimitation. After my telegram of the 18th April had been despatched,
I heard that Ali Mohsin Askar, son of Ali Askar, principal Sheikh
of Mausatta Yaffai, and person through whom negotiations have been
chiefly conducted, had arrived at Dthali with some other Sheikhs. He had
nothing special to say, but Wahab thinks that attitude of Yaffai has improved
since evacuation of Jalela, and that effect of incendiary letters will have
disappeared by the time demarcation of the Amiri border has been completed.
I am glad that situation has in fact somewhat improved, but it appears from
conversation with Ali Mohsin Askar, reported by Denniston, Political Officer
at Dthali, also from letters received by me and by Sultan of Lahej, that
tribes are still very disunited, and that the principal idea of those inclined to
us is to obtain as much money as possible. It will be understood that they
are all very independent, and have little fear of the Turks. I hope policy of
offering money to Yaffai for passage of British Commissioners through
country will not be pursued, except perhaps as last resort. So far it appears
to have increased dissensions among them, and effect of allowing one of the
nine tribes to extort large sums from British Government for passage of the
Commission through their country will be necessarily to lower our prestige,
both with Turks and Arabs. In fact the precedent may well prove source of
considerable embarrassment in future. If allowed free hand, and especially
if treaties are entered into with Beda and Upper Aulaki, I have hopes of
being able to effect agreement with Yaffai on fairly reasonable terms, and
trust that permission of His Majesty’s Government will be accorded.
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Part 4 of the file relates to negotiations over treaties with the Beda and Audali tribes of the Aden hinterland.
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. 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. ;
- Viceroy 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.
The papers cover several matters, including:
- an attack by Saidi and Hasani tribes on a British survey party in January 1904;
- the conclusion of a protectorate treaty with the Audali tribe on 19 September 1914;
- a delay in securing a treaty with the Beda tribe and the reasons behind it.
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- File 600/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Hinterland: Proposed Treaties with the Sultans of Beda and Audali; Treaty with Beda held in abeyance'
- Pages
- 185r:188v, 190r:199v, 202r:226v, 228r:263v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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