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'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [93r] (190/404)
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. 173
ward past Little Aden to Bandar Fukum and to be defined thus by
a line commencing from the second pillar from the shore on the
boundary hne now dividing British from ’Akrabi territory, and which
pillar is situated at a distance of about half a mile from the shore
thence running parallel to the sea-shore in a westerly direction
passing -the British boundary of Little Aden at a distance of half a
mile and meeting the shore of Bandar Fukum at a distance of half a
mile from the British boundary of Little Aden.
i he tract of land thus ceded to the Government of India is
bounded thus :—
North—’Akrabl territory.
South—The sea and the British territory of Little Aden.
East—British territory.
West—The sea of Bandar Fukum.
The said strip of half a mile in breadth to be measured from high
water mark and to include all shores, bays and bandars on the sea
side of the said tract, to have and to hold the said tract of land as
the property of the Government of India in perpetuity without any
let or hindrance or any claim or demand by the said Shaikh 'Abdalla
ba Haidara Mahdi or his heirs and successors or by any of his
tribesmen or any other person or persons whomsoever.
In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have here
unto set their hands and seals the day, month and year above
written.
(Signed) A. G. F. Hogg,
Brigadier-General,
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.
, Aden.
Witness —
(Signed) E. V. STAGE,
Acting First 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.
.
(Signed) Abdalla ba
Haidara Mahdi.
Witnesses —
Mark x of Shaikh Ali ba
Haidara.
(Signed) Fadthl ba
Haidara Mahdi.
(Signed) M. S. Jaffer,
Native Assistant Resident.
iy.'/.—In the original the agreement is in parallel columns of English and Arabic.
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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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