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IOR/L/PS/18/B42
- Record Id:
- 040-000563168
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00008e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038133389.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B42
- Title:
- Memorandum by Lieutenant-General J. W. Schneider, C.B.
- Scope & Content:
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The file consists of a memorandum from Sir John William Schneider, Politcal Resident at Aden, on British interests in Socotra.
It includes opinions on Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener's misapprehensions with regards to British influence at Socotra [Suquṭrā]; discusses the treaty or agreement concluded in 1876 which bound the Sultan Ali Bin Abdulla El-Alfreer and his successors, and the necessity of acquiring certain rights over the island and its dependencies. It also notes the need for the construction and maintenance of a lighthouse at Cape Gardafui or Fas Hufoon; and raises the question of fortifying the island of Perim [Jazīrat Mayyūn] against attacks from the tribes on the African and Arabian coasts, and to protect the lighthouse.
- 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
040-000563168 - 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/B42 : Memorandum by Lieutenant-General J. W. Schneider, C.B. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0059]/040-000563168
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (1 folio)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00008e
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1886
- End Date:
- 1886
- Date Range:
- 23 Feb 1886
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 74, and terminates at f 74, as it is part of a larger physical 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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)