ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٦ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: يافع العليا؛ معاهدات مع السلطان قحطان وزعماء آخرين" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٥] (٢١٢/٢٠٥)

Enclosure No. 14.
No. 268 M., dated Mahableshwar, the 4th November 1903 (Confidential).
From - The Hon’ble Mr. S. W. Edgerley, C.I.E., Chief Secretary to the Gi /em
inent of Bombay,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
I am directed to forward, for the orders of the Government of India,
copy of a letter No. 285, dated the 22nd October 1903, from the Political
Resident, Aden, on the subject of a treaty negotiated with Sultan Kahtan-bin-
Omar of the Yaffai-as-Safal.
2 . I am to append the treaty (in duplicate), and to recommend that the
Government of India may be moved to ratify it at an early date.
No. 285, dated Camp Dthala, the 22nd October 1903.
Fiom Major-General P. J. Maitland, C.B., Political Resident at Aden,
To—'The Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Political Department.
I have the honour to report that a treaty was concluded with Sultan
Kahtan-bin-Omar of the Yaffai-as-Safal on the 21st instant, and it is forwarded
by this mail for ratification, if approved. The stipend granted to the Sultan is
fifty dollars per mensem, the same amount as that allowed to the Nakibs of the
Mausatta. This is not a large sum, considering the rank and pretensions of
Sultan Kahtan as head of a powerful tribe.
2 . Sultan Kahtan has accepted the nrotective clause II, to which the
Mausatta Nakibs objected, and the treaty is practically identical with those
given to the Dthube and Muflahai clans.
3. The only differences are that, in clauses I and HE, the words “ under
his authority” are applied to qualify the word “ tribesmen ”, because the whole
of the tribesmen of the Yaffai-as-Safal are by no means under Sultan Kahtan’s
Fide my letter No. 224, dated the 2nd August authority ; tllOUgh (in theory) all the
190 *' t clans follow him in war. Also in clause
IY, the words “ being under his authority and jurisdiction ” have been inserted
after “ territory of the Yaffai-as-Safal ”. These words exist in all treaties in
clause II.
Treaty with Sultan l£ahtan-bin- Omer Har m i±ara of Yaffai-as-Sufal.
The British Government and Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omer liar-Kara, Sultan
of Yaffai-as-Sufal, being desirous of entering into relations of peace and friend
ship ;
The British Government have named and appointed Major-Genernl Pelham
James Maitland, C.B., Political Resident at Aden, to conclude a tieatv for this
purpose.
The said Major-General Pelham James Maitland, C.B., and the Sultan
Kahtan-bin-Omer Har-Hara of the Yaff .i-as-Sufal aforesaid have agreed upon
and concluded the following Articles :—
I. —There shall be peace and friendship between the British and the tribesmen
of Yaffai-as-Sufal. The subjects of the British and the tribesmen of the Yaffai-
as-Sufal under the authority of the said Sultan shall each be free to enter the
territories of the other; they shall not be molested, but shall be treated with
respect at all times and in all places. The Sultan of the Yaffai-as-Sufal and
his successors shall visit Aden when they please. They shall be treated with
respect and he given passes to carry arms. .
II. —In compliance with the wish of the aforesaid Sultan Kahtan-bin-
Omer Har-Uara, Sultan of the Yaffai-as-Sufal, the British Government hereby
undertakes to extend to the territory of the Sultan of Yaffai-as-Sufal and its