'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎50r] (104/228)

Memorandum of information received during
the month of December 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to Arabia.
[Note.—T his memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
ADEN.
(See paragraph 1 of the Memorandum for
August 1905.) The Political Officer at Dthala
has received a letter from the Sheikhs of
Rubeaten, forwarding a letter addressed to them
from the Kaimmakam of Rada, in which the
Sheikhs were apprised of the arrival into
Ruheaten of six policemen, and were instructed
to pay the Kaimmakam a visit without
delay; they would be given a safe conduct
through the power of God and the Sublime
Government. The Political Officer at Dthala
urged upon the Kaimmakam of Rada the
advisability of non-intervention in the affairs
of Rubeaten till the respective Governments
had come to a final conclusion in the matter
of the Aden Boundary, and he also counselled
the Ruheaten Sheikhs, who asked his advice,
to refer the Turkish policemen to their
master with whom the Political Officer was
in communication. The Resident at Aden
suggested to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
that representations should be made through
the British Embassy at Constantinople, with
a view to the necessary instructions being
at once issued to the Kaimmakam of Rada to
withdraw his six policemen and his invitation
to the Sheikh. Should Government desire it,
he would instruct the Political Officer to
counsel the Sheikhs to expel the Turkish
Envoys from their limits. The Government of
Bombay have informed the Resident that
Rubeaten is clearly within the British sphere
of influence, and that the Political Officer at
Dthala should be instructed to support the
Sheikhs in the matter, and to ask for the
withdrawal of the six policemen. A report as
to result of this action is awaited.
2. Intimation has been received that
the Turkish Government have imposed five
days* quarantine for ordinary ships and ten
days’ quarantine for pilgrim ships, arriving
from Mokalla on the Hadramaut coast.
3. On the 31st October 1905, Sir N.
O’Conor informed the Marquess of Lansdowne
that the Turkish Ambassador in London had
been instructed to make representations to His
Majesty’s Government respecting the construc
tion of a hospital at Dthala (see paragraph 5
of the Memorandum for September 1905), and