The file consists of a memorandum on the Aden boundary delimitation prepared by Colin George Campbell for the India Office, with telegram excerpts from the Secretary of State for India, the Political Resident at Aden, and the Viceroy of India. It includes an update on developments with regard t...
Relations of the British Government with the Tribes of the Aden Hinterland
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The file consists of a memorandum detailing the relations of the British Government with the tribes of the Aden hinterland by Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie, India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department. It discusses the following: boundary lines, difficulties with the...
Memorandum respecting the Aden Frontier Delimitation
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The file consists of a memorandum giving an account of the Aden frontier delimitation, and treaty relations with the Aden tribes from 1873. Compiled by the Foreign Office, 11 December 1905. It discusses the following: tribes with whom Her Majesty's Government has direct relations; boundary disp...
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...
‘Memorandum respecting the frontier between Mohammerah and Turkey.’
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The memorandum concerns the border between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Turkey, and was prepared by Alwyn Parker of the Foreign Office. There are a number of labels at the top of the first page: ‘Persia’, ‘Confidential’ and ‘Section 10’. The memorandum sections are as follows: Part I. A preface...
Status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri
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Document outlining the status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri. It includes the following: an introduction to the status of the islands; a history of the islands prior to 1887; the occupation of Sirri by Persia, 1887; the temporary Persian occupation of Abu Musa and Tamb,...
The memorandum is divided into the following chapter headings: 'General Status of Persia', ff 2r-12; 'Persia and Herat', ff 12v-24r; 'Persia and Seistan [Sīstān]', ff 24r-31v; 'Persia and Kohuk', ff 31v-35; 'Persia and the Navigation of the Karun [Kārūn] River', ff 35v-39r; 'Persia and her integ...
This file concerns the disputed Hashtadan lands, on the Perso-Afghan frontier. It begins with a confidential letter, dated 24 May 1885, from Colonel Joseph West Ridgeway, Assistant Commissioner in charge, Afghan Boundary Commission, Camp Sinjao, to Earl Granville [Granville George Leveson-Gower,...
Perso-Afghan Frontier. MEMORANDUM BY SIR WEST RIDGEWAY.
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This file consists of a memorandum written by Sir West Ridgeway, in which the author records his opinion that it is not the fault of the British Government that the Perso-Afghan boundary dispute at Hashtadan remains unsettled. The author goes on to suggest that the dispute be allowed to continue...
Hashtadun dispute. Notes of Brigadier-General MacLean's interview with the Shah at Brighton.
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This document describes an interview between Brigadier-General MacLean and the Shah of Persia [Iran] at Brighton in 1889. The discussion centres on whether Hashtadun [Hashtadan] belongs to Persia or Afghanistan. The division of old water canals between the countries is suggested as a compromise ...