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'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [36r] (76/404)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (194 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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THE ’AULAKl'.
59
Shaikh Mohsin bin Farfd manifested a disposition to
interfere in Wahidi affairs, but, failing to receive any encourage*
ment from the
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.
, apparently desisted.
He also endeavoured to induce Government to give him
monetary assistance towards improving the Talh road from
Dathfna : it was pointed out to him that he was the person
who stood to profit by the undertaking, and he was advised
to carry it out himself.
There was a large influx of Upper ’Aulakf visitors between
July and September, the most important of whom was Shaikh
Ruwais brother of Shaikh Mohsin bin Farid.
There was some desultory fighting between both the
Sultan and Shaikh of the Upper ’Aulakis and some of the
Dathfna tribes.
Lower ’Aulaki'.
In October 1855 a treaty (No. LXI) was made with
Sultdn Munassar bin Bubakr Mahdf of the Lower ’Aulakf,
whereby he bound himself to prohibit the importation of slaves
into his country from Africa.
The Sultan, as well as his son ’Abdalla, was murdered in
July 1863, and was succeeded by his cousin Bubakr bin
’Abdalla.
The latter always exhibited a friendly spirit towards the
British Government, but, owing to the slender means which
he possessed of enforcing his authority over his tribe, he was
not always able to prevent vessels wrecked on his shores from
being plundered. An instance occurred in the case of the
American barque “ Harvester,” which, on being abandoned
by the captain and crew, was burnt and plundered in 1870.
There was, however, nothing to show that the Sultdn was
implicated in the matter, but every reason to believe that
it took place in direct opposition to his wishes. On visiting
Aden some months later, he bound himself by an engagement
to use his best endeavours to prevent outrages in future, and
to protect and convey, if possible, to Aden any shipwrecked
seamen who might need his assistance. This engagement
was ratified on nth December 1871, and a copy is attached
(Appendix B).
Up to the present date there has been constant com
munication between the Lower ’Aulakf and 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.
,
and the Sultan or his sons have frequently visited Aden.
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'An Account of the Arab tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' that was originally compiled by Captain F M Hunter and C W H Sealy in 1886, added to intermittently by various officers of the 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. and re-published and revised in September 1907 by Captain Arthur Henry Eyre Moose, Assistant 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. . The report is dated 1909 and was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay.
The account covers:
- the 'Abdali
- the Subehi
- the 'Akrabi
- the Fadthli
- the Haushabi
- the 'Aulaki
- the Yafai
- the 'Alawi
- the 'Amir of Dthala
- the Wahidi
- the Shaikh of 'Irka
- the Shaikh of Lower Haura
- Kishn and Sokotra
- the Kasadi
- the Kaiti
- the Kathiri
- historical resumé of Mokalla, Shehr and the Hadthramut
- Behan al Kasab
- the 'Audali
- Beda.
Appendix A is a detailed statement of tribes and chiefs in relations with the 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. , Appendix B is a list of relevant treaties and engagements, Appendix C is a list of places visited from time to time by the Aden Troop, Appendix D is a number of genealogical tables and Appendix E is a list of notable personages in the Aden Protectorate.
In a separate pouch, the file contains three maps as follows: Map of the Arabian Coast from Hiswa Mukaidthir to Makatin (folio 195), Map of the Arabian Coast from Makatin to Bandar Janjari (folio 196) and Map showing Tribes and New Boundary of the Aden Protectorate (folio 197).
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- 2 volumes (194 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a table of contents on folio 4 and a separate pouch that contains three maps.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-193) and terminates at the inside back cover of the second volume (ff 194-198); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: volume one also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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