Coll 1/57 'Aden. Jurisdiction over the territorial waters of Arab States of the Aden Protectorate'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the question of jurisdiction over the territorial waters of Arab States in the Aden Protectorate. The issue is raised following a claim by the Abdali Sultan of Lahej [Lahij] that he retains fishing rights in the sea bordering the Lahej coast up to a dis...
Coll 1/66 'Kamaran: position of Kamaran in connection with the application of sanctions against Italy'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Resident, the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department. The correspondence concerns the question of applying sanctions at Kamaran, in light of the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. The legal and ad...
Coll 5/27 ‘Question of retention of right to use aerial bombing for police purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and newspaper extracts related to the right of nations to utilise aerial bombardment for internal police purposes. It covers the attitude of the Iraqi and Afghan governments towards the use of air power in, or adjacent to, their territory. There is also some exam...
Coll 6/28 'Hodeidah: Suggested Appointment of a British Consul at. Political control of Hodeidah Mission.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence regarding the proposed appointment of a British Consul at Hodeidah [Al Ḩudaydah], Yemen. The correspondence discusses a proposal, put forward by the Political Resident at Aden, Major-General John Henry Keith Stewa...
Coll 7/16 'Policy of HMG re: disposal of arms to foreign countries'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, minutes and memoranda regarding the policy of the British Government towards the sale of surplus war material to foreign countries, in light of the Cabinet decision to prohibit sales (29 October 1930) and the British Defence Rearmament Programme. The India Offi...
Coll 7/30 'Aden settlement: application to export arms and ammunition to Aden'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Licensing Section of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the India Office Political Department, regarding applications by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd for Export Licences to transport cartridges to Aden.
Coll 7/33 'Saudi Arabia: regulations concerning the importation and possession of arms'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns regulations regarding the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the Hejaz kingdom, and later the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The regulations were all published in the Saudi newspaper Umm al Qura [Umm al-Qurá], and consist of the following: a high decr...
Coll 17/16(4) 'Settlement of the Assyrians. Iraqi railways: agreement between HMG and Iraqi government'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2874. It contains papers regarding the Assyrian Crisis in Iraq during 1933-1935. The papers cover the proposed scheme to resettle the Assyrians of Iraq in British Guiana, on land to be purchased from the Rupununi Company. Following a report by General B...
Coll 20/35 'Sultan of Muscat's desire to avoid wireless and press publicity during wartime'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and minutes concerning the Sultan of Muscat's wish to minimise wireless and press publicity of his country and its relations with Britain during the Second World War. The correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Extern...
Coll 25/10 'Orders in Council: Siam 1926: Procedure in Civil and Criminal cases'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes, and minute papers concerning The Siam Order in Council, 1926. The papers cover the inter-departmental discussion over both the drafting of the original Order in Council (in 1926) and the procedure to be followed in cases where involved parties are subject to different cour...
