This Agreement was ratified by His Excellency the Viceroy and GovernorGeneral of India at Simla on the twenty-sixth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. (Sd.) C. GRANT, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. No. LXXV. PROTECTORATE TREATY with JAMADAR ABDULLA BIN UMAR and AWADTH BIN UMAR-1888. The British Government and 'Abdalla bin 'Umar bin 'Awadth alKa'yti, on behalf of himself and his brother 'Awadth bin 'Umar al-Ka'yti, being desirous of maintaining and strengthening the relations of peace and friendship existing between them The British Government have named and appointed Brigadier-General Adam George Forbes Hogg, C.B., Political Resident at Aden, to conclude a treaty for this purpose. The said Brigadier-General Adam George Forbes Hogg, C.B., and 'Abdalla bin' Umar bin 'Awadth al-Ka'yti, on behalf of himself and his brother 'Awadth bin Umar al-Ka'yti, aforesaid, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : ARTICLE 1. The British Government, in compliance with the wish of the undersigned, 'Abdalla bin 'Umar bin 'Awadth al-Ka'yti, on behalf of himself and his brother 'Awadth bin 'Umar al-Ka'yti, hereby undertakes to extend to Mokalla and Shihr and their dependencies, which are under their authority and jurisdiction, the gracious favour and protection of Her Majesty the Queen-Empress. ARTICLE 2. The said Abdulla bin Umar bin 'Awadth al-Ka'yti agrees and promises, on behalf of himself and his brother 'Awadth bin 'Umar al-Ka'yti, and his and their heirs and successors, to refrain from entering into any correspondence, agreement, or treaty with any foreign nation or power, except with the knowledge and sanction of the British Government; 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 Mokalla and Shihr and their dependencies. ARTICLE 3. The above Treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness whereof the undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at Shihr this first day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. (Sd.) ABDULLA BIN 'UMAR BIN 'AWADTH BIN in Arabic.) (Sd.) A. G. J. HOGG, Brigadier-General, 'ABDULLA AL-KA'YTI, This Treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council at Fort William on the 26th day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety. (Sd.) W. J. CUNINGHAM, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, No. LXXVI. TREATY concluded with the IMAM of SENAA on 15th January 1821. In explanation of the Articles which were settled between the Umeer Futtuh-oolla, the Agent for the Imam Mehdi, the Chief of Senaa, the City of Sam, and between the Agent of the English Government, Agha Mr. Bruce Khan, in the year 1236, and from the birth of Jesus 1821 : Bushire, of thirty men, to support have with him (lit. there shall be with his respectability. him) thirty military from out of their army, like the Residents (Vakeels) at Busrah, Bagdad, and Ubooshuhur (Busheer). It is finished besides this. ARTICLE 2. That the Resident (Vakeel) who may be stationed in the factory on the part of the British Government shall have (lit. there shall be to him) respect, attention, dignity and character near the Governor; and those who are dependants of the British Government may ride on horse, &c., and they may ride in any other mode as they may feel inclined. He may go out of the cities and into the cities for pleasure, refreshing his spirits; and he may go out through the whole of the gates, especially out of the Shadullee. He may go out mounted on horses, &c., and he may enter mounted, being independent in his own mind (meaning as he pleases). It is necessary that there shall not be any to hinder him, nor any person shall say a word to him; and to him (there shall be) respect as at the other ports, Bagdad, Busrah, Ubooshuhur, and the port of Muscat. It is finished besides this. Signed by the six Members of the Mokha Council. ARTICLE. 3. The dead of the English, that the Almighty and Supreme God orders their souls to be snatched away, there shall be a place appointed and set apart for them that they may bury their dead. in it; no one shall say to them, "the practice of your 'sect is such or such ;' it is not good." It is finished besides this. Signed by the six Members. ARTICLE 4. The Resident to have free permission to proceed to Senaa and communicate with His Highness the Imam whenever he may deem it necessary to do so, the Dola on these occasions furnishing a guard or escort if it should be deemed requisite. (Sd.) WM. BRUCE, Govt. Agent. ARTICLE 5. That the anchorage duty of (400 G. C.) four hundred German crowns shall henceforth cease on British ships, which has hitherto been levied on all merchant ships when they landed cargoes. Hereafter no duty on this account shall be paid whether cargo is landed or not, the same as His Majesty's ships and the Honourable Company's vessels of war. (Sd.) WM. BRUCE, ARTICLE 6. All subjects of the British Government trading to Mokha, and particularly the merchants of Surat, shall do so under the protection of the British flag (if of the Islam faith, and wish to settle their disputes according to the Mahomedan Sharah, they shall be at liberty to do so, a person on the part of the Resident attending), and all differences among themselves shall be decided by the ARTICLE 4. The Agent (Vakeel) of the English Government who is stationed at the port of Mokha, if it should please his mind to go out, he may go out to Senaa to His Highness the Imam Mehdi for recreation of the mind. No one shall hinder him, and the Hakim of Mokha shall grant of his own army an escort for a safeguard on the road, and there is nothing contrary to him. It is finished besides this. Signed by the six Members. ARTICLE 5. The merchant ships which are dependent on the English Government, there was a custom that they should pay 400 rials as anchorage duty; but from this day it ceases; there is nothing (leviable) on them; their situation is that of the Government vessels and the King's ships. If its cargo should be brought on shore, there is nothing (leviable) on them of the 400 rials. This affair was discussed and fixed without being referred to Senaa, on the condition of the cessation of hostilities and the removal of the blockade of the port. It is finished besides this. Signed by the six Members. ARTICLE 6. That all merchants who are the dependants of the English Government, under their protection and under their flag, may transact their affairs (trade) at the Bunder of Mokha, especially the natives of Surat. If there be Mussulmen among them, and disputes should happen between them, and any of them may desire (to have) the law (Mussulman), no opposition is to be made to them (meaning to their wishes). Resident; in the event of any of the Imam's subjects being concerned in the dispute, by an Agent on the part of the Resident (or himself if he pleases) and the Governor conjointly; if the Imam's subject is wrong, the Governor shall punish him; if on the contrary, the Resident. Also that all the dependants of the factory of every denomination, from broker downwards, shall be wholly under the protection of the British flag and control of the Resident, who shall alone possess the power of punishing them and redressing all complaints against them. This sixth Article has been expressly admitted by separate grant to Captain Bruce by His Highness the Imam. Whenever there may be (any dispute) between the people ("Jumaut ") of Resident and the subjects of Mokha, a person may come (be present) on the part of the Resident before the Hakim of Mokha, who will observe in what manner the wrong has been committed, and by whom. If the native of the country be in the wrong, the Hakim of Mokha is to punish him; but if the crime or wrong should have been committed by the English military ("Uskur"), then the Resident is to punish them. This Article, the sixth, is one of the two which were referred to the Imam Mehdi for his consideration, and the Shureef's answer having arrived, was (given inte) the hands of Mr. Bruce, a copy being retained by the Umeer Futteh-oolla; and on receipt of the answer, there was an argument between Mr. Bruce and the Umeer Futteh-oolla, the (substance of) which is written above. ARTICLE 7. In regard to duties on what is exported from the port of Mokha, two dollars and a quarter shall be paid on one hundred, as the French, who pay two dollars and a quarter on the hundred; and the imports into the port of Mokha shall be like that for the English Government and for the English merchants. This seventh Article is (one) of the two Articles which were referred for the consideration and decision of His Highness the Shureef Medhi, and to which the answer returned by the Shureef was as follows: "We have reduced the duties threequarters of a dollar per cent. out of three dollars, and this is upon all goods imported into the port in the name of the English Cirkar and their merchants; there is not (to be) more (required) |