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IOR/L/PS/10/193
- Record Id:
- 040-000545025
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000056
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028974042.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/193
- Title:
- File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns arms traffic by sea into Yemen in the course of the rebellion there against Turkish rule.
The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Admiralty; the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge); and diplomatic representatives of the Governments of the Ottoman Empire (also referred to as Turkey), France and Italy.
The papers cover: diplomatic exchanges between the governments involved following a request by the Turkish Government to halt the illicit import of arms into Yemen by sea; discussion of the response of the British, French and Italian Governments to the possible seizure by the Turkish authorities of vessels (sambuks, dhows) under the protection of those Governments; the use of British, French and Italian naval vessels to patrol the area; the right of the Ottoman authorities to seize British vessels in the Red Sea; and discussions over an agreement between the four Governments to suppress arms traffic.
Correspondence from the Turkish and French Governments is in French.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545025 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/193 : File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0193]/040-000545025
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (167 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000056
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 10 Feb 1911-20 Oct 1911
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 169. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- P 520/1911
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in chronological order (except where enclosures of an earlier date follow their relevant covering letter) from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 520 (Arms Traffic in the Yemen) consists of one volume only.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)