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'An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' [114v] (233/404)
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.
2 16
British officer of the attempt by any other power to interfere with
the territory of the Upper 'Aulaki and its dependencies.
Article IV.
The said Shaikh Mohsin bin Farid binNasaral Yaslami of the
Upper ’Aulaki 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 Upper ’Aulaki under his
jurisdiction or any part of the same at any time to any power other
than the British Government.
Article V.
The said Shaikh Mohsin bin Farid bin Nasar al Yaslami 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 Upper
’Aulaki, under his authority and jurisdiction, and that they will pro
tect all persons who may be going in the direction of Aden for the
purposes of trade or returning therefrom. In consideration thereof
the British Government agree to pay to the said Shaikh and to his
successor or successors a monthly sum of sixty (60) dollars the half
of which is thirty dollars.
Article VI.
The above treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness
thereof the undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at Aden
this eighth day of December one thousand nine hundred and three.
(Signed) P. J. Maitland,
Major-General.
Witnesses —
(Signed) H. M. Abud, Lt.-Col,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and First Assistant Resident.
(Signed) G. W. Bury,
Extra Assistant Resident.
Mark x of Mohsin bin Farid
bin Nasir.
Witnesses —
(Signed) Bubakr bin Farid
bin Nasir.
(Signed) Sayad Abdulla
Aidroos Zain.
(Signed) Ali Jaffer.
No. 37.—TREATY WITH THE SHAIBF TRIBE OF YAFAI'-AS-
SAFFAL.
The British Government and ’AH bin Mani, the Sakladi Shaikh of
the Shaibi tribe, being desirous of entering into relations of peace
and friendship,
The British Government have named and appointed Major-Gene
ral Pelham James Maitland, C.B.,
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, to
conclude a treaty for this purpose.
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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.
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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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