'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [111v] (227/404)
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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APPENDIX B.
Resident at Aden or other British officer of the attempt by any
other power to interfere with the territory of the Muflahi and its
dependencies.
Article IV.
The said Shaikh Abdul Rahman bin Kassim-as-Sakkaf hereby
binds himself and his heirs and successors for ever that they will
not cede, sell, mortgage, lease, hire or give or otherwise dispose of
the territory of the Muflahi or any part of the same at any time to
any power other than the British Government.
Article V.
The said Shaikh Abdul Rahman bin Kassim-as-Sakkaf further
promises on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors and his tribes
men that they will keep open the roads in the country of the
Muflahi and that they will protect all persons who may be going
in the direction of Aden for the purpose of trade or returning there
from. In consideration thereof the British Government agree to
pay to the said Shaikh and to his successor or successors a monthly
sum of 40 (forty) dollars the half of which is 20 dollars.
Article VI.
The above treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness
thereof the undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at
Dthala this twenty-seventh day of August one thousand nine
hundred and three.
Witnesses —-
(Signed) G. WARNEFORD, (Signed) P. J. MAITLAND,
Captain,
Major-General,
Resident at Aden.
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.
at Aden.
(Sd.) Syed Hamood bin Hason,
Clerk.
Witnesses —
(Signed) SALEH BIN KASSIM- (Signed) ABDUL RAHMAN BIN
as Sakkaf Al Muflahi.
(Signed) Nashir Husen Al
Muflahi.
Kassim Al Muflahi.
(Signed) CURZON,
Viceroy and Governor General of India.
This treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor General
of India in Council at Simla on the 26th day of October A.D. one
thousand nine hundred and three.
(Signed) LOUIS W. DANE,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.
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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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