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APPENDIX E.
(2j) 'AH ba Salim {Humedi-Subehi).
A petty Shaikh of the Humedf section of the Subehf tribe.
Aged about 55 years. He resides at Jabal Asharwan near the Haush-
abi border. His clan are mainly nomads. His 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. have been so far confined to one visit paid to Aden.
He is said to exercise considerable influence over his clan, which,
originally subject to the Makhdumf is now quite independent.
{ 2 4 ) 'AH bin Abdulla bin Salim bin Afrir {Kishn and Socotra).
Sultan of Kishn and Socotra. Aged about 75 years. He is
entitled to a salute of 9 guns and draws a stipend of dollars 480 a
year. His relations with the 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. are satisfactory, but he is
now too weak and old to visit Aden. He sends his adviser Sayad
Salim to Aden once a year to collect his stipend. He belongs to the
Mahan tribe.
( 2 S) ’AH bin Ahmed am Tommi ( Burhimi-Subehi).
A Shaikh of the Burhimf clan of the Subehf tribe. Aged 40 years.
Has considerable influence over his tribesmen and is a man of
quiet disposition. He draws a stipend of dollars 300 a year, on the
strength of a Protectorate Agreement entered into on the 21st
September 1889. During 1906 a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. was looted on the Burhimf
coast from his failure as yet to make reparation demanded it seems
that his control over his people is not as great as had been believed.
His stipend is at present suspended in consequence.
(26) 'AH bin Ahmed bin 'AH {'Abdali).
Cousin of Sir Ahmed Fadthl, Sultan of the 'Abdalf tribe. Aged
40 years. He is to some extent consulted in State affairs. He is
said to be a candidate for the chiefship upon the death of the present
ruler.
(27) 'Alt bin Ahmed Fadthl {’Abdali).
Eldest son of Sir Ahmed Fadthl, ruling Sultan of the r Abdalf tribe.
Aged about 25 years. He has been fairly well educated in Arabic at
Lahej, the chief town of his father’s territories. He has no know
ledge of the English language. He assists his father in the man
agement of his affairs, and particularly in the cultivation of his private
ands. He is anxious to have a share in any railway that may pass
through Abdalf territory, and is a man of business generally.
(2S) 'Ah bin Mam Sultan {Haushabi).
Sultan and stipendiary of the Haushabf tribe. Just after his
e ection he was much in the hands of irresponsible advisers and
showed signs of weakness and irresolution. Had the misfortune
o ia\ ing the bad example of his infamous uncle, deceased, the
l.'tc laushabi Sultdn. Has however much improved and is begin-