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1. IOR/L/PS/12/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/292
Title:
PZ 3323/39 'Aden Salt Industry'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Bernard Rawdon Reilly (Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden) to Malcolm MacDonald (Secretary of State for the Colonies), and a reply from MacDonald to Reilly. The correspondence relates to the concerns of Sir Hormusjee Cowasjee Dinshaw about the future of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1939-31 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1328
Title:
Pol Ext 16245/48 'Yemeni Situation'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains a telegram from Sir Reginald Champion, Governor of Aden, to theBritish Embassy in Cairo regarding Ahmad bin Yahya, Imam of Yemen. It includesa reference to a request by the Imam to King Farouk of Egypt for assistance inselecting a new Foreign Minister.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1952
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1443

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1443
Title:
Coll 1/1 'The Resident, Aden: appointment of a successor to Sir G S Symes'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between various Government departments regarding: the appointment of a successor to Sir Stewart Symes as Resident, Aden; the nomination and appointment of Sir Bernard Rawson Reilly; extension of Reilly's contract as Chief Commissioner; and overpayment of emolumen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1931-19 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (106 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1450
Title:
Coll 1/12 'Policy in the Protectorate: treaty with the Upper Yafai Chiefs, and other Chiefs in the Protectorate'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding proposals to alter the basis of treaty relationships with tribes in the Aden Protectorate, comprising annotated treaty drafts, plus correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office Political Department, the Aden Resident (later C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1929-1 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1451
Title:
Coll 1/13 'Resident and Chief Commissioner: Salutes and Table of Precedence'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner, then Governor), the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the Admiralty, and the India Office Political Department, regarding: the position of the Resident (and later Governor) of Aden in the T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1932-23 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1457
Title:
Coll 1/21 'The Resident: leave and acting arrangements; duties of Civil Secretary'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding leave arrangements for Government officials in Aden, including the Resident (later Chief Commissioner, and then Governor), the Assistant Residents, the Protectorate Secretary, the Civil Secretary, and the District Magistrate. The following topics are di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1925-20 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (442 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1458
Title:
Coll 1/22 'Payments to Tribal Chiefs'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the stipends and pensions paid to tribal chiefs in the Aden Protectorate. The majority of the payments were established by treaty, and were paid to maintain trade routes. Government funding for Darbar presents is also discussed. The following agreemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1927-21 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1485
Title:
Coll 1/49 'Aden. Administration and control: changes consequent on Indian constitutional reforms; transfer to HMG'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the transfer of the civil administration of Aden from the Government of India to the Colonial Office, and the preparation of the Aden Colony Order in Council (1936), and 'Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Ade...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1933-3 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (480 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/1510

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1510
Title:
Coll 1/75 'Aden. Mukalla: Sultan's wish to confer title of Prince on the son of the late Sultan'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Governor (Bernard Reilly), the Aden Chief Secretary (Reginald Stuart Champion), the Colonial Office, and the India Office Political Department, regarding the request from Sultan Salih bin Ghalib Al Qu'ayti [Ṣāliḥ bin Ghālib Al Qu'ayṭī] that the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1942-24 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2071

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2071
Title:
Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.'
Scope & Content:
This volume compiles printed copies of letters, telegrams, memoranda and newspaper extracts relating to Britain's involvement across the Arabian Peninsula during the period 1929-1938. Whilst the correspondence encompasses all matters concerning British interests in the region, much of it relates...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1929-15 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (527 folios)