'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [89r] (182/404)
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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TREATIES AND ENGAGEMENTS.
165
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Article IV.
vSo long as the Sultan of Lahej possesses the right to levy the
axes on goods entering Aden by land as heretofore, he will be
permitted to collect his dues as at present (he is doing) in British
territory at the rates mentioned in the treaty of 1849.
Article V.
If any soldier of the Sultan of Lahej escape to British territory
and he is required by the Sultan, the Resident will send him, and in
he same manner if any of the Sultan’s subjects, after committing an
ous offence of the kind for which the British Government is
accustomed under similar circumstances to grant extradition, takes
refuge in Shaikh 'Othman, Imad, or Aden, and is required by the
Sultan, and if there is reasonable ground for believing that he has
commi ed the offence, the Resident will also send him back • and
the Sultan agrees on his part to send back British soldiers or sub
jects who escape to Lahej or its territory from Aden or its depend-
encies, if their extradition be demanded.
Article VI.
If the Resident require the services of any ’Abdall, he will
employ him through the Sultan, and in case the ’Abdall or ’Abdalis
resign, or are dismissed, and if they are replaced by other ’Abdalis
the Resident will ask for them through the Sultan.
Article VII.
And the territories of the said Sultan Fadthl bin ’Ali Mohsin
Fadthl, his heirs and successors shall remain under British protec
tion as heretofore. r
Done at Shaikh ’Othman on Monday, the sixth day of February,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two
corresponding with the 17th day of Rubia-al-Awul of the year 1200
of the Hijra. y
(Sigi.ed in vernacular)
Sulta'n of Lahej and its Dependencies.
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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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