Abstract: The volume, marked 'For Official Use Only', is a first edition
Handbook of Asir, prepared by Captain K Cornwallis of the Arab Bureau, Cairo, and printed by the Government Press, Cairo, 1 June 1916.The volume opens with a prefatory note on compilation and sources and is then divided into seventeen chapters (I-XVII), as follows:I - AreaII - ReliefIII - Physical Character and ClimateIV - PopulationV - Domestic Apparatus and ManufacturesVI - AgricultureVII - Live-stockVIII - TradeIX - CurrencyX - Weights and MeasuresXI - TaxesXII - Recent History and Present PoliticsXIII - Military Organization and ResourcesXIV - Tribal NotesXV - PersonalitiesXVI - Roads and CommunicationsXVII - Route ReportsThe majority of the volume focuses on tribes, personalities, and route reports.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 95; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence among British officials in London and the Persian Gulf Residency relating to the possibility of obtaining an oil concession in the Asir region of southern Arabia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 9; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file mostly consists of correspondence relating to the Idrisi [Idrissi] Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia. It includes: India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal India Office minutes and reference papers. The file also includes copies of Foreign Office correspondence with the following: the War Office; the Treasury; the Political Resident, Aden; and Sir Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner, Cairo.The papers largely relate to the following subjects:The cost of purchasing arms and ammunition for the use of the Idrisi of Asir in military operations against Turkey.The contention of the Secretary of State for India in Council that the whole of the expenditure on munitions for the Idrisi should be regarded as part of ‘extraordinary’ military expenditure on the war with Turkey, which is chargeable in its entirety to the British Exchequer, rather than to Indian revenues.The purchase of land in Egypt for Saiyid Mustapha el Idrisi [Sayed Mustafa el Idrisi], in recognition of his services to the British Government in acting as an intermediary between his cousin the Idrisi of Asir and the Government of Aden.The monthly subsidy paid to the Idrisi of Asir.The employment of Lieutenant Fazluddin [Fazal-ud-din] of the Indian Medical Service as Medical Officer for the Idrisi, including correspondence concerning staff to assist him, and the extension of his appointment.The pension contribution payable to Lieutenant Nasiruddin Ahmed, who served as Liaison Officer to the Idrisi.Physical description: Condition: large pieces are missing from the edge of folio 278, including some of the text of the document.
Abstract: The volume mainly contains copies of News Letters from the Political Resident, Aden, which were forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India. The News Letters report on the political situation in the Yemen.The volume consists of two parts: Part 3, dated 28 February 1919 to 16 February 1921 [IOR/L/PS/10/611/1]; and Part 4, dated 16 February 1921 to 26 February 1924 [IOR/L/PS/10/611/2].Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 639; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the leading flyleaf and ending flyleaf, have not been foliated.A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 438-639 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This part contains correspondence between British officials, primarily in the Colonial Office, concerning the potential implications of the Treaty of Sevres for the Arabian peninsula, particularly in regards to the future political status of Yemen and Asir.Physical description: 1 volume (12 folios)