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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Political Resident, Aden, 1854-1932

121. IOR/L/PS/12/2119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2119
Title:
Coll 6/52 'Saudi Arabia: Anti-Saudi activities of Sayed Mohamed Tahir al Dabbagh'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence discussing the reported activities of Sayed Mohamed Tahir al Dabbagh [Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭāhir al-Dabbagh, former Hashimite finance minister in the Hejaz] and other persons referred to as 'anti-Saudi consipirators'. It documents their movements in political exil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1932-6 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

122. IOR/L/PS/12/2128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2128
Title:
Coll 6/61 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Imam.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Anglo-Yemeni relations. Consisting largely of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence, it documents negotiations leading up to the conclusion of the Treaty of Sana'a between Britain and Yemen (signed on 11 February 1934 and ratified on 4 September 1934), an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Jan 1934-4 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (251 folios)

123. IOR/L/PS/12/2144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2144
Title:
Coll 6/71 'The Yemen: Relations with Germany.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns relations between the Yemen and Germany. The correspondence begins with details of a request received by the German Government from the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] for recognition and formal relations. Also discussed is the progress of negotiations f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1928-13 Nov 1930
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

124. IOR/L/PS/12/2157

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2157
Title:
Coll 6/84 'Yemen: Attitude of Yemeni Govt. towards the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. Policy of H.M.G. in event of Italian occupation of Yemeni territory.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to Italian activities in the Middle East, particularly in the Yemen. The correspondence includes discussion of the following: British policy in the event of the Italians occupying Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], or any other part of the Yemen. The Yemen's position in the Italo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1934-1 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (348 folios)

125. IOR/L/PS/12/2180

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2180
Title:
Coll 7/11 'Aden Protectorate: treatment of applications to export arms to-'
Scope & Content:
The file opens with a communication received from the HM Consulate-General at Batavia [Jakarta], informing the Aden Political Resident (Bernard Reilly) of formal approaches made to the Consulate to export arms and ammunition from Java [Indonesia] to Mokalla [Mukalla]. The communication encloses ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1932-28 Apr 1932
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

126. IOR/L/PS/12/4129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4129
Title:
Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the re-establishment of cable communication between Sheikh Said and the island of Perim [Yemen], proposed by the ruler of Yemen in 1932, and negotiations with Eastern Telegraph Company Limited. The file contains correspondence between: the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Jan 1932-26 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

127. IOR/L/PS/18/B3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B3
Title:
Egyptian Claims to Sovereignty over the Somali Coast.
Scope & Content:
A historical memorandum relating to Egyptian claims to sovereignty over the Somali coast, written by A W Moore, Assistant Secretary to the India Office, in two parts, submitted 26 February 1876 and 11 October 1879. The first part of the memorandum provides a historical narrative of events leadi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1876-1879
Extent:

31 folios

128. IOR/L/PS/18/B13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B13
Title:
Zhali. Turkish Aggression.
Scope & Content:
A brief account by Brigadier-General John William Schneider, Political Resident at Aden, explaining that the elected Ameer [Emir] of Zhali, Ali bin Mokhbil, had been replaced after refusing to submit to the Turks after they took over the region in 1873. The author fears that Turkish influence wil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1876
Extent:

1 folio

129. IOR/L/PS/18/B30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B30
Title:
Memorandum Regarding the Relations with the Tribes in the Vicinity of Aden, especially in Reference to the Amir of Zhali.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum written by the Assistant Political Resident at Aden, Major John Muir Hunter, suggesting proposals to formalise with treaties British relations with a number of tribes in the vicinity of Aden in order to limit the encroaching influence of the Turkish Porte. He also suggests pensioning...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1885
Extent:

2 folios

130. IOR/L/PS/18/B42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B42
Title:
Memorandum by Lieutenant-General J. W. Schneider, C.B.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum from Sir John William Schneider, Politcal Resident at Aden, on British interests in Socotra. It includes opinions on Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener's misapprehensions with regards to British influence at Socotra [Suquṭrā]; discusses the treaty or agreement concl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)