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'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [80r] (164/404)
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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HISTORICAL RESUME' OF MOKALLA, SHEHR, ETC. 147
refused to accept the Mansab’s award and in July left for
India, the amount of the award remaining for the time being
with Government.
The Resident visited Mokalla. He remarked on the
I9oi5 Governor’s success in inducing the
Yafafs to submit to Military discipline
and wear uniform.
The Sultan purchased a share in the port of Balahaf from
Sultan Saleh bin ’Abdalla the Wahidf, but Government refused
to sanction the arrangement.
The Sultan’s nephew Manasar, writing to inform the
igo6 Resident of the death of his brother
Husen, still refused to accept the
decision of the Mansab, and endeavoured without success to
re-open the question of their differences with the Sultan.
Some fighting took place in December between certain
Yafafs and Sidfs in Mokalla in which 5 persons were killed
and wounded. The disturbance which arose out of a tribal
quarrel was soon suppressed.
Captain Mosse, Assistant Resident, visited Mokalla and
i907 Shehr on the 4th and 5th January, the
primary object of his visit was to
arrange for payment of a sum of Rs. 37,000 for arms and
equipment previously purchased from Government by the
Sultan. Sultan Ghalib the Governor promised early pay
ment.
On the 10th April His Excellency Lord Lamington, the
Governor of Bombay, paid a visit to Mokalla and held a
Darbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
there. He was the first Governor to do so. His
Excellency was most hospitably entertained by Sultan Ghalib
bin ’Awadth on his father’s behalf and valuable presents were
exchanged.
In June the Sultan remitted Rs. 15,000, a long delayed
instalment on account of his debt to Government mentioned
above. In June also Saleh bin Ghalib the ruling chief’s
grandson passed through Aden on a visit to Europe, from
which he returned^the following month.
Hostilities broke out in August with the neighbouring
Hamumf tribe, but no fighting of any real importance was
reported.
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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)
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There is a table of contents on folio 4 and a separate pouch that contains three maps.
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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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