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IOR/L/PS/10/190/2
- Record Id:
- 041-000545017
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000230.0x000391
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037366739.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/190/2
- Title:
- File 21/1911 Pt 2 'Aden Protectorate:- Recruitment of coolies for employment in British East Africa.'
- Scope & Content:
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The papers concern the recruitment of natives of the Aden Protectorate to work as labourers ('coolies') in commercial plantations in British East Africa.
The papers include: a request to the Colonial Office from representatives of several rubber and fibre companies for the supply of labourers from Somaliland to work in plantations on the coast of British East Africa, November-December 1912 (folios 98-103); discussion of a request from the above-mentioned companies to the India Office to obtain the labourers from the tribes of the Aden hinterland, December 1912 (folios 83-97); further discussion by British officials of both proposals, December 1912 - January 1913 (folios 72-82); agreement to the proposed recruitment in the Aden Protectorate, January-February 1913 (folios 51-70); papers concerning the necessary regulations and terms of employment, February-May 1913 (folios 28-50); and the text of a letter from the Political Resident, Aden to the Sultan of the Abdali, setting out the terms on which labour would be recruited, April-June 1913 (folios 22-27).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545015
041-000545017 - 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/10/190 : File 21/1911 Pt 1-3 'ADEN:- RECRUITMENT OF ARABS'
IOR/L/PS/10/190/2 : File 21/1911 Pt 2 'Aden Protectorate:- Recruitment of coolies for employment in British East Africa.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0190]/040-000545015[0002]/041-000545017
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
1 item
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037366739.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1913
- Date Range:
- Dec 1912- Jun 1913
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 21/1911 Pt 2
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)