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IOR/L/PS/12/1466
- Record Id:
- 040-000556479
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556455
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000002
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029406484.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/1466
- Title:
- Coll 1/30 'Aden Protectorate: extension of the limit of the Red Sea Patrol to include the Gulf of Aden, Socotra and British Somaliland'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains papers regarding a suggestion by the Aden Political Resident (Bernard Reilly) that the limits of the Red Sea Patrol be extended to include the whole of the Gulf of Aden.
The file includes correspondence received from the Board of the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, and the Governor of the Somaliland Protectorate (A S Lawrence). It is agreed that the scheme should be extended to Ras Darbat 'Ali, Socotra, and the Somaliland Protectorate [Somaliland], and that the Red Sea Patrol be bolstered with ships from the East Indies Station whenever possible.
A copy of Reilly's report on his tour of Socotra and the Hadramawt is included at folios 16-22, providing information on the following: his travels to Abd-el-Kuri, Socotra, the Hadhramaut [Hadramawt], and the ports of Qishn, Mukalla [Al Mukalla], Bir 'Ali and Balihaf; negotiations at Qishn regarding the establishment of emergency landing ground for the Royal Air Force; discussions with the Sultan of Qishn and Socotra regarding Ras Darbat 'Ali forming the eastern boundary of the Aden Protectorate; and the development of villages in the Hadramaut.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000556455
040-000556479 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1443-1512 : Political (External) Collection 1: Aden
IOR/L/PS/12/1466 : Coll 1/30 'Aden Protectorate: extension of the limit of the Red Sea Patrol to include the Gulf of Aden, Socotra and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0002]/037-000556455[0024]/040-000556479
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (26 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 1 May 1933-13 Jul 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 1/30
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)