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1. 'Memorandum on Sheikh Said'
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- Abstract: The memorandum was created based on the re-awakened interest on the part of the French for Sheikh Said [Shēk Seyd], and is a collection of information held in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office relating to the territory. It Includes a summary of: the acquisition of Sheikh Said by a French company; Turkish claims to sovereignty; the importance of Sheikh Said's location in terms of Perim [Jazīrat Mayyūn]; the extent of French occupation; and the erection of a Turkish fort at Torbeah.The file contains two extracts in French.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 55, and terminates at f 57, 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 between ff 55-57; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
2. Kut to Sheikh Saad
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- Abstract: Created by Ordnance Survey. Covers a forty-five-mile length of the River Tigris from Kut [Al-Kut] eastwards to Sheikh Saad [Shaykh Sa'd] in present-day eastern Iraq. Sheet extends approximately five miles to the north and fifteen miles to the south of the river. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut and against Turkish forces. Portrays hydrology, vegetation, roads and tracks, telegraphs, canals, settlements, isolated buildings, place names and the position of defences, and includes topographical and strategic notes. The margin bears the series designation 'G[eographical].S[ection].,G[eneral].S[taff]. 3233', a designation 'T[igris].C[orps]. 18' and date '18.3.16'.Manuscript additions show a railway, additional hydrology, and British and Turkish positions.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in ink and crayonDimensions: 357 x 560mm, on sheet 458 x 656mm
3. Coll 35/23 'Arabia: establishment of cable communication between Shaikh Said and Perim'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the re-establishment of cable communication between Sheikh Said and the island of Perim [Yemen], proposed by the ruler of Yemen in 1932, and negotiations with Eastern Telegraph Company Limited.The file contains correspondence between: the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Colonial Office; the Political Resident at Aden; the Department of Overseas Trade; the Board of Trade; and the Secretary of State for the Colonies.There are letters in French, from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of the Kingdom of Yemen and the International Telecommunications Union.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. Coll 7/45 'Arabia: question of supply of arms, etc., to King of Yemen from UK'
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- Abstract: Papers regarding requests received from the King of Yemen for assistance in fortifying Sheikh Said [Ra's Shaykh Sa'īd] and securing Yemen against foreign aggression. The King was concerned over French claims to Perim Island [Jazīrat Mayyūn] and Sheikh Said, and was seeking anti-aircraft and gas equipment from the UK and Italy.The file consists of correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the War Office, and the Governor of Aden (Bernard Reilly). Telegrams from Reilly provide details of meetings with Qadhi Hussein el Halali, the King's representative, regarding the defence of Yemen.The file also includes several documents from the 67th and 68th meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Governing the Middle East, discussing the fortification of Sheikh Said. The following topics are discussed: the importance of maintaining Yemeni neutrality in the event of a conflict between European powers; the provision of equipment and training by the UK; the need to operate within the terms of the Anglo-Italian Agreement of 1938; French claims to Perim and Sheikh Said; and pre-existing British commitments to Ibn Sa'ūd.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 74; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. Coll 6/22 'Yemen: Relations with France. Claim to Sheikh Said.'
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- Abstract: This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns relations between France and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd].Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:The attitude that should be adopted by the British Government in the event of the French Government according official recognition to the Imam of Yemen.Details of a Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen, signed on 25 April 1936.French claims to Sheikh Said (which reportedly rest on an agreement made in 1868 with local chiefs, and on a treaty with the Ottoman Government, signed in 1870).British concerns regarding the possibility of an Italian occupation of Sheikh Said.The Imam's decision to import arms for the fortification of Sheikh Said.The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Ronald Hugh Campbell), His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan), and officials of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office.In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following: a copy (in French) of the aforementioned Treaty of Friendship between France and Yemen (folio 50); a copy of a declaration (also in French) between France and Yemen, regarding Sheikh Said, dated 18 July 1936 (folio 5).The French material in the file consists of the aforementioned treaty and declaration (plus draft copies of the declaration) and several copies of a memorandum addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by the French Ambassador in London.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 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
6. Coll 6/47 'Yemen: Relations between Italy and the Imam of the Yemen.'
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- Abstract: This file concerns relations between Italy and Yemen. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence discussing the following:Reports in 1936 that the Treaty of Friendship (1926) between Italy and Yemen has been extended until November 1937.Details of negotiations for the renewal of the aforementioned treaty and reports of its conclusion on 4 September 1937.Claims made in the British press that Italy's supply of arms to Yemen contravenes certain clauses in the Anglo-Italian Agreement.Rumours of renewed French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd].The Foreign Office's response to unconfirmed reports of Italian military presence in Yemeni territory in early 1939, including reports of the Island of Jebel Zukur in the Red Sea (also spelled Djebel Zukur in the file) [Jazīrat Jabal Zuqar] having been occupied by Italian troops, and reports of Italian intentions to mount forty-three heavy guns at Sheikh Said.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident, and later Governor, of Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly); His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Eric Phipps); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Miles Wedderburn Lampson); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (James Eric Drummond, Earl of Perth); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Rome (Edward Maurice Berkeley Ingram); the Secretary of State for the Colonies; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); officials of the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office.In addition to correspondence the file includes copies of Aden political intelligence summaries from 1933 and a copy of a translation of the Italian text of the treaty between Italy and Yemen, signed on 2 September 1926.The date range of the file is 1926-39; however, most of the file dates from between 1933 and 1939, with the exception of the aforementioned copy of the Italo-Yemeni treaty.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 (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 92; 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 between ff 17-36; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
7. Coll 6/84 'Yemen: Attitude of Yemeni Govt. towards the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. Policy of H.M.G. in event of Italian occupation of Yemeni territory.'
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- Abstract: This file relates to Italian activities in the Middle East, particularly in the Yemen. The correspondence includes discussion of the following:British policy in the event of the Italians occupying Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], or any other part of the Yemen.The Yemen's position in the Italo-Abyssinian conflict [Italo-Ethiopian War].Relations between Ethiopia and the Yemen.Italian activities in the Yemen.British suspicions regarding Italian activities in the Yemen.Future British policy in the Yemen.Internal affairs in the Yemen.Anglo-Italian relations in the Middle East, and the likelihood of Italy violating the Rome Understanding of 1927.Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] view on Italian activity in the region.The visits of Italian destroyers to Kamaran Island in March 1937 and January 1938.British and French concerns that Italy, following its denunciation of the Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, seeks possession of the Island of Doumeira [Dumēra Desēt, Red Sea, also spelled Dumeira in the file], currently under French control.The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); the Political Resident, Aden (Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly); the Governor of Aden (Reilly again); the High Commissioner, Cairo (Sir Miles Lampson); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Lampson again); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Alexandria (John Cecil Sterndale Bennett); His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Eric Phipps); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Eric Drummond); the British Consul General, Jibuti [Djibouti] (Herbert George Jakins); the British Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (Vice-Admiral Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (James Henry Thomas, succeeded by William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore); officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the Air Ministry.In addition to correspondence, the file includes the following: copies of extracts from Aden political intelligence summaries; copies of the minutes of meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 26 November 1935, 14 December 1936, and 8 June 1937 respectively; a copy of a translation of a treaty of friendship and commerce between the Ethiopian and Yemeni governments, which was ratified on 21 September 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 (folios 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 349; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
8. A Memorandum on the Possible Occupation by France of Sheikh Said
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- Abstract: A memorandum written by Edmund Neel, Political and Secret Department, India Office, and an addendum, in which is discussed the possibility of a French occupation of Turkish-held Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd], on the south-western tip of the Arabian Peninsula. A sketch map (f 7) accompanies a report reproduced in the memorandum.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) for this description commences at folio 6 and terminates at folio 11, as it is part of a larger 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 sequences is present; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.