مجموعة ٦/٨٥ "الحدود في الجزيرة العربية: تفسير تفاهم روما لسنة ١٩٢٧." [و‎‎٢‎٨] (٨٠/٥٥)

(56) The extent of the Hadrarmut und 1 te relatione
with Hie (/ejeetyr’e Cove^?»«nt form the subject of a
iMNaorenA«i!9 of Uth Hove iber, 19Si. (Atmex »j
(39) ?roa tnie jaettsorandom it will be »e* n that
the terra f> protectorate of Aden" ie one which has been very
looaely ueed. ,t that tlm {IM2} there had been no forwal
eatabliehmnt of euch a protectorate or any official
declaration or notification.
Major brevetW < Tri.bca J,n_the^Vjc In 1 tyi of Aden) atatee that
the sso ne within which British Influence is ^re ironed lately
felt itiay be said to be oowpriaed within a ae?nl*oirele
having a radiua of 80 miles, with the Peninsular of /den
for i^e centre. Beyond, t is to the eastward Great Britain
is# he says# looked on as a fcind of paramount l*ower 9 which,
while recognising independence in regard to internal
government, yet is ready to prevent alienation of territory
to foreign nations, or lnter->tribal disputes which are
car ied on to the detriment of public peace or ooarsereial
interests. He points out that by 1880 the nuraber of trlbea
regarded as under British protection were nine in nurtoer
(presumably those ^ost frequently described as ’’the Protectorate
but that since then it has been found advisable to extend
British intercourse with Xtm trlbea in certain directions,
so that by 1908 the nuraber of tribes in direct treaty
relations amounted to fifteen. The list he gives shows
that the fifteen tribes consisted of the nine tribes of the
*J retectoratc* together with the six covered by the
Hadraissttt.
(40> a .tudjr of th. 1833 wtition of AltohLon
the fact that in addition to the fifteen tribes mentioned
in the previous paragraph we also have engagements with the
Audhali and the beihan. It may thus be said that the so-called
‘Protectorate of Aden’* covers the following tribes and
confederations/