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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Protectorates Place Aden, Arabian Peninsula

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B47
Title:
British protectorate over the Arabian coast from Shaikh Said to Oman (Muscat)
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, compiled on 1 November 1887 by E Neel at the Secret and Political Department of the India Office, contains excerpts of correspondence sent and received by the Government of India between 14 February 1873 and 19 August 1887. The main subject is the extension of the Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1887
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B227
Title:
Present political situation in our hinterland and beyond the border
Scope & Content:
The main document is a note written by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident, Aden, and outlines the current situation in Aden with a view to encouraging the British Government to take military action against the 'Turkish incursion' in Yemen. In the attached covering l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B231
Title:
The Aden Protecorate
Scope & Content:
The file opens with a letter by Brigadier-General William Crawford Walton, General Officer Commanding, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. The letter outlines four options for how the British may best handle the current political situation in Aden, a Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B242
Title:
Territorial re-adjustments. Extract from Secret Letter from the Government of India, No 85, dated 29 September 1916
Scope & Content:
This letter relates to the post-war disposal of captured territories such as Iraq and German East Africa. The Government of India presents its opinions regarding three main areas: the surrender or retention of captured territories relating to Indian interests; obsolete treaty rights and territor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B264

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B264
Title:
Aden. The political situation in the hinterland.
Scope & Content:
This document describes the current political situation in Aden as a result of the fact that Turkish [Ottoman] troops have been allowed to take control of various parts of the Protectorate at various points over the previous two years. The India Office believes that a greater show of strength is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1917
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B418

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B418
Title:
Dynastic Claims of the Imam of Sana'a to the Aden Protectorate
Scope & Content:
The file contains a note by George Stewart Symes (Political Resident and Commander-in-Chief, Aden) written to the Secretary of State, 22 October 1928, which introduces three enclosures. Enclosure 1: A note drawn up by Major Trenchard Craven William Fowle (First Assistant Resident, Aden) with a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1929
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)