File 137/1904 Pt 1 'Aden Protectorate: Turkish Aggression'

Title:

File 137/1904 Pt 1 'Aden Protectorate: Turkish Aggression'

Date:

1904/1914

Description:

Abstract: This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding the delineation of the border between the British Protectorate of Aden and the Ottoman Vilayet [Province] of Yemen. The volume contains details concerning a number of issues and incidents related to the British-Ottoman border including the construction of boundary pillars, alleged violations of the border by Ottoman forces (notably on the Amiri and Haushabi frontiers) and Britain's relations with tribes in the region. The volume also contains correspondence about the arrangements made for Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob to hold discussions with an Ottoman official in Yemen regarding the levy of tithes and fees from a number of shaikhs in Haushabi territory (within the British Protectorate of Aden). The volume contains the following cartographic material:The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 199; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Boundary disputes

Geographic region:

Aden
Yemen

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003d3_ar
81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003d3_en
IOR/L/PS/10/14
IOR/L/PS/10/14

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