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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Aden, Arabian Peninsula

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B462
Title:
Aden. Brief for Secretary of State
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a brief for the Secretary of State, Sir Samuel Hoare, concerning the transfer of administration of Aden from the control of the Government of India to the Home Government in light of impending constitutional changes in India. Sections include: History; Population; Rece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938?
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/15
Title:
File 137/1904 Pt 2 'Aden Protectorate: Turkish Aggression'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence regarding the British Protectorate of Aden and its border with the Ottoman Vilayet of Yemen. The correspondence discusses Britain's relations with tribes in the region, and the activities of Ottoman officials including reports of incursions made into British te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1905-1914
Extent:
1 volume (289 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B379
Title:
'Aden'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum produced by Leonard Day Wakely (Secretary to the Political Department of the India Office) on the question of the administration of Aden. This incorporates Aden proper, the Aden Protectorate, and the territories of Yemen and Asir [ʻAsīr] governed by the Imam of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/14
Title:
File 137/1904 Pt 1 'Aden Protectorate: Turkish Aggression'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding the delineation of the border between the British Protectorate of Aden and the Ottoman Vilayet [Province] of Yemen. The volume contains details concerning a number of issues and incidents related to the British-Ottoman border...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1914
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/559

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/559
Title:
File 3086/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Arabia'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to British political and strategic policy in the Red Sea area near Aden and actions which might promote British interests in the period up to the start of the First World War. Particularly it discusses rela...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Nov 1914-22 Oct 1915
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 180-184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 180-184
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses developments in the vicinity of Aden. Correspondents include: Lieutenant-Colonel W M Coghlan, Acting Political Resident, Aden; H L Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay [Mumbai]; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1854-16 Jan 1855
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 473-495

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 473-495
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters concerning the situation in Aden. The principal correspondent is the Political Resident, Aden, and H L Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay [Mumbai].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1855-31 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B247
Title:
British interests in Arabia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was written by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel in January 1917. Its purpose is to explain 'why the exclusion of Italy from Western and Southern Arabia and the Red Sea littoral is important in British interests'. It notes the importance of Arabia lying as it does along two of the main...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)