Coll 6/24 'Yemen: Relations with Abyssinia.'

Title:

Coll 6/24 'Yemen: Relations with Abyssinia.'

Date:

1929/1935

Description:

Abstract: This file concerns Yemeni-Abyssinian relations. It consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Addis Ababa (Sidney Barton), which also include copies of the Minister's correspondence with the Political Resident in Aden (George Symes).The correspondence discusses the following:The visit of Sheikh Abd el Wasi' bin Yehia Abd el Wasi' [Shaikh ʿAbd al-Wāsi' ibn Yaḥyá al-Wāsi'ī], an emissary of the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], to Addis Ababa, in October 1929, regarding the Imam's concern about the treatment of Yemeni residents in Abyssinia.Reports of an Abyssinian (also referred to by the British as Ethiopian) mission to Yemen in May-June 1931, and the beginning of treaty negotiations.Almost all the material in the file falls within the period of 1928-31; the file contains one later item, which is an extract from the Morning Post, dated 7 October 1935.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Diplomacy
Imam of Yemen

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000275_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000275_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2091
IOR/L/PS/12/2091

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