met the Hausbnbi, the Dhala Amir and others to settle a schedule of rates to he levied on qaftlalis, that the Quteibi and Ahl-ath-Thumeiri formally reorganised the Amir as their superior. The years 1889 to 1900 were marked by the continued. restlessness of the Quteibi, who failed to keep the settlements made in 1888, and by the encroachments of the Turks. In 1901 and the beginning of 1902, the Turks occupied Jaleila, Mafari and Jebel Jeliaf. An Anglo-Turkish boundaxy commission met at Dhala in February 1902. The Turks claimed the whole of the Shairi, Jebel Jehaf and Mafari districts, but after a year spent in correspondence between the British Government and the Porte, and the increase of the force accompanying the British Commissioner, the Turkish garrisons were withdrawn. In March 1903 an Irade was issued at Constantinople decreeing the commencement of the delimitation. By October the frontier had been demarcated, including on the British side the Shaibi tribes, the Amiri villages in the Wadi As Safiya and the Humeidi and Ahmedi tribes. In November 1903 successful operations were undertaken against the Quteibi who had attacked the post at As Suleik. In November 1904 a further Treaty was concluded with the Amir. Under clause IX of this Treaty the Amir agreed to keep a force of 50 men to help him to carry out his obligations under the Treaty for which he was granted a monthly payment of 100 dollars in addition to his stipend. In 1906 the Shairi rebelled against the Amir. They were joined by the tribesmen of Jebel Jehaf, and some fighting ensued. The Ahmedi tribe on the river Tiban also became disaffected and refused to admit the Amir’s suzerainty. In January 1907 the main body of British troops left Dhala for Aden. The remaining troops and the Political Agent, Dhala, were withdrawn in the following September. On the 22nd December 1911 Amir Shaif died and was succeeded by his eldest son, Nasr bin Shaif, to whom was continued the stipend paid to his father. In 1915 the Quteibi Shaikh Muhammad Salih al Akkra signed an Agreement similar to those signed about the same time by the Haushabi Sultan and the Alawi Shaikh for the safety of the trade routes passing through his territory. The ratification of this agreement was postponed. Under the terms of this agreement the Shaikh was allowed a monthly payment of 50 dollars. On