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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/9
Title:
An Account of the Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden
Scope & Content:
'An Account of the Arab tribes in the Vicinity of Aden' that was originally compiled by Captain F M Hunter and C W H Sealy in 1886, added to intermittently by various officers of the Aden Residency and re-published and revised in September 1907 by Captain Arthur Henry Eyre Moose, Assistant Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

2 volumes (194 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/190
Title:
File 21/1911 Pt 1-3 'ADEN:- RECRUITMENT OF ARABS'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the recruitment by foreign governments and British companies of native Arabs in the Protectorate of Aden for military service and commercial employment abroad. The volume is in three parts: folios 104-238: IOR/L/PS/10/190/1 'File 21/1911 Pt 1 Aden Protectorate:- Italian &...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1917
Extent:

1 file (239 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/447
Title:
File 959/1914 Pt 1-2 'Abyssinia O. in C.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to Articles 37 and 56 of the Abyssinia Order in Council 1913, which concern persons being sent for trial or imprisonment to Aden or Bombay. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subjec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1929
Extent:

1 volume (477 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/563

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/563
Title:
File 3086/1915 Pt 8-9 'ARABIA:- ARMS FOR SAYYID IDRISSI'
Scope & Content:
IOR/L/PS/10/563 comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the British policy of supporting Idrisi Saiyid [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī] involving the supply of munitions to assist the Idrisi in conflict with the Ottoman Empire. The volume is compos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1925
Extent:
1 volume (472 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/610

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/610
Title:
File 3300/1916 Pts 1-2 'Aden News Letter Jan. 1916 to Dec. 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly contains copies of Weekly Letters and enclosures from the Political Resident at Aden, which were sent to the India Office for information. The volume consists of two parts: Part 1, dated 26 June 1916 to 19 January 1917, and Part 2, dated 22 December 1916 to 12 December 1918. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:
1 volume (484 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/611
Title:
File 3300/1916 Pts 3-4 'Aden Newsletter'
Scope & Content:
The volume mainly contains copies of News Letters from the Political Resident, Aden, which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India. The News Letters report on the political situation in the Yemen. The volume consists of two parts: Part 3, dated 28 February 1919 to 16 February ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1924
Extent:
1 volume (639 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/683

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/683
Title:
File 2006/1917 'ARABIA: ARAB CONFEDERACY'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning the support given by Britain to the tribes of South Arabia [present-day Yemen] in 1917, chiefly in relation to Britain’s principal wartime aim of ousting the Turks [Ottoman Empire] from the regi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917-Nov 1917
Extent:
1 volume (295 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1099

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1099
Title:
Ext 6566/45 'Appt. of Lieut. Commander Clifton E. Perry, U.S. Naval Reserve, assigned U.S. Naval Observer at American Consulate, Aden.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single page announcing the succession of the post United States Naval Observer to the American Consulate at Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/1241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1241
Title:
Ext 6588/47 'Air action in Aden Protectorate: copy of Secretary of State for Colonies minute to PM, 9 May 1947: note by External Department on Bombing on North West Frontier'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and minutes regarding conflict in the Aden Protectorate and on the North West Frontier. The minutes cover the following: an attack on Ahwar-Habban in the western part of the Aden Protectorate; air actions and future policy; the Dhala incident and recommended act...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1947-19 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/1443-1512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1443-1512
Title:
Political (External) Collection 1: Aden
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files relating to the administration of the Aden Settlement and Protectorate. The materials were created and accumulated by the India Office Political Department, and primarily consist of correspondence with the Aden Residency staff, the Foreign Office, the Colonial O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1949
Extent:
65 files and 4 volumes (8967 folios)