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IOR/L/PS/10/196/4
- Record Id:
- 041-000545032
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000230.0x0003da
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029984359.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/196/4
- Title:
- File 4327/1911 Part 4 'Turco-Italian War: Red Sea Blockade'
- Scope & Content:
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Part four consists of correspondence relating to an Italian blockade of parts of the Red Sea coast of present-day Saudi Arabia. Several matters are covered by the correspondence:
- the classification of Turkish grain ships as contraband of war by the Italians;
- the Italian blockade of Hodeidah [Ḥudaydah] and reported intention of extending it to Jeddah and Yenbo [Yanbuʻ al-Baḥr];
- the Italian threat to bombard Hodeidah;
- the appeal for British protection from the British Indian population of the town;
- impediments to the embarkation of European goods;
- the British demand for assurances from the Italians that the blockade will not be extended and British Indian subjects will be safe.
The correspondence is mostly between the Turkish Government, Turkish Embassy in London, Political Resident at Aden, British Embassies at Constantinople and Rome, and the British Consulate at Jeddah.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545028
041-000545032 - 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/10/196 : File 4327/1911 Pt 1-4 Turco-Italian war
IOR/L/PS/10/196/4 : File 4327/1911 Part 4 'Turco-Italian War: Red Sea Blockade' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0196]/040-000545028[0004]/041-000545032
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (70 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100029984359.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1911
- End Date:
- 1912
- Date Range:
- Oct 1911-Mar 1912
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 4327/1911 Pt 4
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)