ملف رقم ٦٠٠ لسنة ١٩٠٥ الجزء ٦ "المنطقة الداخلية لعدن: يافع العليا؛ معاهدات مع السلطان قحطان وزعماء آخرين" [ظ‎‎١‎٠‎٥] (٢١٢/٢٠٦)

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dependencies, being under the authority and jurisdiction of the said Sultan,
the gracious favour and protection of His Majesty the King-Emperor.
III.—The said Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omer Har-Hara hereby agrees and
promises, on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, and the tribesmen of
the Yaffai-as-Sufal under his authority to refrain from entering into any
correspondence, agreement, or treaty with any foreign nation or Power; and,
further, promises to give immediate notice to the Resident at Aden or other
British officer of the attempt by any other Power to interfere with the
territory of the Yaffai-as-Sufal and its dependencies.
IY.—The said Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omer Har-Hara 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 Yaffai-as-Sufal, being
under his authority and jurisdiction or any part of the same, at any time, to
any Power other than the British Government.
V. —The said Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omer Har-Hara further promises, on
behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, and his tribesmen and dependents,
that they will keep open the roads in the country of the Yaffai-as-Sufal, and
that they will protect all persons who may be going in the direction of Aden
for the purpose of trade, or returning therefrom. In consideration thereof the
British Government agrees to pay to the said Sultan and to his successor, or
successors, a monthly sum of fifty (50) dollars, the half of which is twenty-five
dollars.
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-
first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and three.
This treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in
Council at Port William on the 31st day of December, A.D. one thousand nine
hundred and three.
P. J. Maitland, Major-General,
Political Resident at Aden.
Witnesses—
G. Warneford, Captain,
Assistant Rolitical Resident.
Saitid Hamood-bin-Hason, Clerk.
[Seal.]
Sultan Kahtan-bin-Omer Har-Hara.
Witnesses —
{Signatures in vernacular.)
Sultan Muhammad-bin-Manassar Har-Hara.
Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Muflahai.
CURZON,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
LOUIS W. DANE,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.