Nr. 16.

Agreement with the Abdali Sultan for the purchase

of Shaikh Othman, etc. 1882.

Aus: Aitchison. Vol. XIII. Nr. XXIV.

Articles of a treaty existing between Sultan Fadthl bin Ali Mohsin Fadthl-al-'Abdali, Sultan of Lahej and its dependencies, on behalf of himself, his uncles and his and their heirs and successors, on the one part and Major-General Francis Loch, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and Political Resident at Aden, on behalf of the Government of India, on the other part.

Whereas by Article V of a treaty concluded on the 7th March 1849 between Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, on behalf of the Government of India, and Sultan 'Ali Mohsin Fadthl, on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, it was agreed that the bridge of Khor Maksar and the plain between it and the mountains of Aden, forming the Isthmus, are British property and no further north; and whereas a sum of dollars (541) five hundred and fortyone is under the before-mentioned treaty payable monthly to the said Sultan 'Ali Mohsin Fadthl, his heirs and successors, so long as he or they continue to act with sincerity, truth and friendship, towards the British, and adhere strictly to the terms of the aforesaid treaty; and whereas Sultan Fadth bin Ali Mohsin Fadth for himself, his uncles and his and their heirs and successors, has agreed to sell to the British Government for a sum of dollars (25,000) twenty-five thousand only and an increase, to the present subsidy of dollars (541) five hundred and forty-one, of dollars (1,100) one thousand and one hundred per mensem, of which (600) six hundred are for the profit of water and (500) five hundred for that of salt, making in all dollars (1,641) one thousand six hundred and forty-one per mensem, all that (tract of) land lying to the north of the peninsula of Aden, and bounded by a line commencing from a point on the sea-shore one and five-sixteenths of a mile due east of the north end of the Khor Maksar causeway and running north-east by north seven and a quarter miles to a point on the coast line. From hence the boundary passes from the sea westward three and a quarter miles to a point near Inad. From this point the boundary line, after passing through an imaginary point one mile north of the Wali of Shaikh Othman, extends to a mark on the bank of the Wadi Toban situated one mile inland. From this point the boundary runs southsouth-west to the sea.

Article 1.

This therefore witnesseth that the said Sultan Fadth bin 'Ali Mohsin Fadthl, in pursuance of the conditions of this treaty and in consideration of the sum of dollars (25,000) twenty-five thousand already received and the monthly increase of the subsidy of dollars (1,100) one thousand one hundred agreed to be paid to him by the British Government, doth hereby for himself, his uncles and his and their heirs and successors, cede and confirm unto the (hands of the)

said British Government all that portion of territory as herein above described, to be retained by the said British Government for ever as a part of its territories; and the said Sultan Fadthl bin 'Ali Mohsin Fadth does further bind himself, his uncles and his and their heirs and successors, to make no claim hereafter on the said tracts of land or any revenue derived from them.

Article 2.

An the said Major-General Francis Loch, C. B., Political Resident of Aden, being duly authorized does hereby solemnly promise in the name of His Excellency the Governor General in Council to pay to the said Sultan Fadthl bin 'Ali Mohsin Fadthl, his heirs and successors, the sum of dollars (1,641) one thousand six hundred and forty-one made up as aforesaid per mensem.

Article 3.

And the said Sultan Fadthl bin 'Ali Mohsin Fadth on the one part and the said Major-General Francis Loch, C. B., Political Resident at Aden, being duly authorized on the other part, do declare that the convention made and signed on the 7th day of March 1867 in regard to the aqueduct between Shaikh Othman and Aden by Sultan Fadthl Mohsin Fadthl on the one part and Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Merewether, Political Resident at Aden, on the other part, is hereby cancelled.

Article 4.

So long as the Sultan of Lahej possesses the right to levy the taxes on goods entering Aden by land as heretofore, he will be permitted to collect his dues as at present (he is doing) in British territory at the rates mentioned in the treaty of 1849.

Article 5.

If any soldier of the Sultan of Lahej escape to British territory, and he is required by the Sultan, the Resident will send him; and in the same manner if any of the Sultan's subjects, after committing an heinous offence of the kind for which the British Government is accustomed under similar circumstances to grant extradition, takes refuge in Shaikh Othman, Imad or Aden, and is required by the Sultan, und if there is reasonable ground for believing that he has committed the offence, the Resident will also send him back; and the Sultan agrees on his part to send back British soldiers or subjects who escape to Lahej or its territory from Aden or its dependencies if their extradition be demanded.

Article 6.

If the Resident require the services of any 'Abdali, he will employ him through the Sultan, and in case the 'Abdali or 'Abdalis resign, or are dismissed, and if they are replaced by other 'Abdalis, the Resident will ask for them through the Sultan.

Article 7.

And the territories of the said Sultan Fadthl bin Mohsin Fadthl, his heirs and successors, shall remain under British protection as heretofore.

Done at Shaikh 'Othman on Monday, the sixth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, corresponding with the 17th day of Rabi-al-Awwal of the year 1299 of the Hizra.

In the presence of

(Signed in Vernacular.)

Sultan of Lahej and its Dependencies.

(Sd.) F. M. HUNTER, Major,

Assistant Resident, Aden.

OMAR HOOSAIN MAHMUD-AL-WAHSH.

Done at Aden on Tuesday, the seventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, corresponding with the eighteenth day of Rabi-al-Awwal of the year 1299 of the Hizra.

This treaty was ratified by his Excellency the Viceroy and Governor General of India, at Calcutta, on the 7th day of March 1882.

(Sd.) C. GRANT,

Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.

Nr. 17.

Agreement for the Purchase of Land from the Akrabi Sheikh - 1888.

Aus: Aitchison. Vol. XIII. Nr. XLII.

This agreement made this 15th day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight A. D., corresponding to 5th al-Ka'ada one thousand three hundred and five, between Sheikh Abdalla ba Haidara Mahdi, Sheikh of the Akrabi tribe, on the one part, and BrigadierGeneral A. G. F. Hogg, C. B., Political Resident, Aden, on behalf of the Government of India, on the other part.

Whereas a tract of land belonging to the said Sheikh Abdalla ba Haidara Mahdi, lying between the village of Hiswa and Little Aden and Bandar Fogum, is required by the Government of India to secure British jurisdiction over the entire shores of the harbour of Aden and for other reasons; and whereas the said Sheikh Abdalla ba Haidara Mahdi has agreed to sell to the Government of India the

said tract of land for a sum of rupees two thousands; this therefore witnesseth that in pursuance of this agreement, and in consideration of the sum of rupees two thousand paid by the said Government of India to Sheikh 'Abdalla ba Haidara Mahdi, the receipt whereof the said Sheikh Abdalla ba Haidara Mahdi doth hereby acknowledge, and for the same doth hereby release the Government of India, the said Shaikh Abdalla ba Haidara Mahdi doth hereby grant and confirm unto the Government of India all that tract of land described as under, that is to say, a strip land of the breadth of half a mile extending along the shore from the Tuban river westward past Little Aden to Bundar Fogum, and to be defined thus by a line commencing from the second pillar from the shore on the boundary line now dividing British from Akrabi territory, and which pillar is situated at a distance of about half a mile from the shore, thence running parallel to the sea-shore in a westerly direction, passing the British boundary of Little Aden at a distance of half a mile, and meeting the shore of Bundar Fogum at a distance of half a mile from the British boundary of Little Aden.

The tract of land thus ceded to the Government of India is bounded thus:

North Akrabi territory.

South
East
West

The sea and the British territory of Little Aden.
British territory.

The sea of Bunder Fogum.

The said strip of half a mile in breadth to be measured from high water mark and to include all shores, bays, and bunders on the seaside of the said tract, to have and to hold the said tract of land as the property of the Government of India in perpetuity without any let or hindrance or any claim or demand by the said Sheikh 'Abdalla ba Haidara Mahdi or his heirs and successors, or by any of his tribesmen or any other person or persons whomsoever.

In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day, month and year above written.

(Sd.) A. G. F. HOGG,

Brigadier-General,

Political Resident, Aden.

(Sd.) ABDALLA BA HAIDARA

MAHDI.

Nr. 18.

Treaty with Subaihi (Atiffi). September 17, 1889.

Aus: Aitchison. Bd. XIII. Nr. XXX.

Art. I. The British Government in compliance with the wish of the undersigned Shaikhs of the Attiffi tribe hereby undertakes to extend to the 'Attiffi territory on the South Coast of Arabia, and situated between the territory of the Barhemi tribe and that under the authority of the Turkish Government at Shaikh Sa'id, and which territory is under their authority and jurisdiction, the gracious favour and protection of Her Majesty the Queen-Empress.

II. The aforesaid Shaikhs of the 'Atiffi tribe agree and promise on behalf of themselves, their relations, heirs and successors and the whole of the tribe, 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 promise to give immediate notice to the Resident at Aden, or other British officer, of the attempt by any other Power to interfere with the 'Atiffi territory.

III. The aforesaid Shaikhs of the 'Atiffi tribe bind themselves, their relations, heirs and successors and the whole tribe for ever, that they will not cede, sell, mortgage, lease, hire or give, or otherwise dispose of the 'Atiffi territory, or any part of the same, at any time to any Power other than the British Government.

IV. The above Treaty shall have effect from this date. In witness whereof the undersigned have affixed their signatures or seals at Aden this 17th day of September, 1889.

Aden, September 17, 1889.

A. G. F. HOGG, Brigadier-General,

Political Resident.

LANSDOWNE,

Viceroy and Governor-General of India.

This Treaty was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council at Fort William on the 26th day of February, 1890. W. J. CUNINGHAM, Officiating Secretary

to the Government of India, Foreign Department.

Nr. 19.

Treaty with Subaihi (Barhemi). September 21, 1889.

Aus: Aitchison, Bd. XIII, Nr. XXXI.

Art. I. The British Government in compliance with the wish of the undersigned Shaikhs of the Barhemi tribe hereby undertakes to extend to the Barhemi territory on the South Coast of Arabia, and situated between the territories of the 'Akrabi and 'Atiffi tribes, which territory is under their authority and jurisdiction, the gracious favour and protection of Her Majesty the Queen-Empress.

II. The aforesaid Shaikhs of the Barhemi tribe agree and promise on behalf of themselves, their relations, heirs and successors and the whole tribe, 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 promise to give immediate notice to the Resident at Aden, or other British officer, of the attempt by any other Power to interfere with the Barhemi territory.

III. The aforesaid Shaikhs of the Barhemi tribe hereby bind themselves, their relations, heirs and successors and the whole tribe for ever, that they will not cede, sell, mortgage, lease, hire or give, or otherwise dispose of the Barhemi territory, or any part of the same, at any time, to any Power other than the British Government.