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IOR/L/PS/18/B22
- Record Id:
- 040-000563140
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003e2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029275493.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B22
- Title:
- Correspondence relating to the Italian Occupation of Assab Bay.
- Scope & Content:
- A memorandum in which correspondence and official reports are reproduced to give an account of the events, rumours and denials surrounding Italian interest in the area of the Somali coast around the Bay of Assab and the islands lying nearby; assurances are sought and received from the Italian Government that they have no military intentions at the Bay of Assab, and that they intend only to establish a trading post there. A report written by the Assistant to the Resident at Aden is reproduced in full, noting the great potential of the Bay of Assab in time of war. The memorandum concludes by re-stating Italian denials of military intentions. The memorandum is written by Arthur William Moore.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563140 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B22 : Correspondence relating to the Italian Occupation of Assab Bay. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0031]/040-000563140
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003e2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1880
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- 14 May 1880
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at folio 5, and terminates at folio 21, as it is part of a larger volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former Internal References:
- IOR/L/PS/18/B22/1
- Arrangement:
- This file consists of a single memorandum.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)