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Coll 1/28 'Aden Protectorate, Lahej; conspiracy against the Sultan of Lahej and question of recognition of his eldest son as his successor' [7r] (13/74)
The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 24 Apr 1933-10 Aug 1937. It was written in English. 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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opportunity of Col. Reilly’s presence in London to clear the
point up. As this is primarily a C.O. matter, it seemed best
to obtain their concurrence before making an enquiry of Col.
Reilly. I accordingly arranged with Sir D. Bray that I should
write d.o. to the C.O. in the sense of the letter of 6th
June below and, if they saw no objection, put the point to CoL
ReiHy. / A A c ^ ^ ^ ^ A
Col. Reilly came up to London yesterday, and he
and Hr. Cowell discussed this question with Hr. Laithwaite and
myself this morning.
Col. Reilly informed us that he had the point
regarding the importance of local custom prominently in
mind, as well as the other considerations, in thinking over
what action he should recommend in the peculiar circumstances.
He is satisfied that the election was duly and properly made
in a public manner by the electors, and that the majority of
them (the custom is to elect by a majority) are genuinely
in favour of the election and of the change of custom
entailed thereby; he takes^a gram of salt CTfch the Sultan’s
statement that it was the electors themselves who initiated
the proposal of an election during the lifetime,
but he has no evidence to the contrary. The election by the
duly constituted electors is properly on record.
The attempted assassination, of course, indicated
the existence of some opposition; but this incident has had
the effect of weakening the opposition and rallying further
support to the party.
It will thus be seen that Col. Reilly is satisxied
on the main issue; he would see no objection, however, to
slightly/
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The file contains papers relating to the attempted assassination of Sultan Fadhl bin Abdul Karim, in response to his being named heir apparent to the Sultanate of Lahej by his father, Sultan 'Abd al Karim II ibn Al Fadhl Al 'Abdali.
The file consists of copies of Political Intelligence Summaries submitted to the Colonial Office by the Protectorate Secretary, and correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Secretary of the 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. Political Department (John Charles Walton).
The correspondence concerns: the assassination attempt; the petition against the election of Sultan Fadhl bin Abdul Karim; the break from the standard procedure of electing a successor following the death of the incumbent Sultan; discussion of the appropriate response to be issued from the Resident; the punishment of the conspirators, and their eventual deportation to the Seychelles. The Aden Chief Commissioner had initially proposed deportation to Zanzibar or Palestine, but this was overruled by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 'owing to risk of intrigues'.
At folios 24-27 is a communication from the Resident regarding the custom of tribal succession in the Aden Protectorate, providing a brief summary of successions in the early twentieth century.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of the correspondence contained within the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (37 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 1/28 'Aden Protectorate, Lahej; conspiracy against the Sultan of Lahej and question of recognition of his eldest son as his successor'
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:36v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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