Abstract: Imprint:Printed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1914. Surveyed by the Anglo-Turkish Boundary Commission under Colonel R.A. Wahab, C.I.E., R.E. and Colonel Mustapha Remzi Bey. Signed by Sir Edward Grey and Ibrahim Hakki Pasha.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours and spot heights.Issued as an Annex B to Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 3 June 1914. The line of demarcation of the boundary determined to separate the Yemen from the territory of the nine cantons of Aden coloured yellow and blue. Areas marked with Roman numerals and described in main body of the document. Includes enlarged inset map of the Cheikh Saïd peninsula.Map's borders are lettered and numbered for reference with tables and a key to symbols and abbreviations in both English and Arabic. Includes index to adjoining sheets and a note on the survey’s sources.Physical description: Dimensions:870 x 582 mm, on sheet 1081 x 676 mm
Abstract: Imprint:Lithographed at the Topographical Depôt, Horse Guards, War Office. Major C. W. Wilson, R. E. director.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by shading.The map shows routes of various travellers from 1762 to 1873 with a list of explorers and dates of their journeys in the bottom right-hand corner below title. The location of tribes with their boundaries indicated by pecked or dotted lines.Physical description: Dimensions:533 x 855 mm, on sheet 609 x 889 mm
Abstract: Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva, the Khanate of Khelat [Kalat], Afghanistan, Persia [Iran], Yemen, Nejd [Najd], Oman, Zanzibar, and Turkish Arabia.The correspondence related to the state of affairs in Oman and Zanzibar [Sultanate of Muscat and Oman] covers: the violation of the rights of British subjects at Sohar [Suhar] by Ibrahim bin Ghes [Ibrāhīm bin Qais Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Sohar]; ‘the application of Seyd Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for payment of the Zanzibar subsidy’; ‘the alleged importation of slaves on the Arabian Coast under the French flag’ from Zanzibar; the hostilities by sea between Syed Ibrahim bin Ghes and the Sooltan [Sulṭān] of Muscat; the re-lease of the Customs Revenue of Zanzibar by Syud Burgash bin Saeed bin Sooltan [Sayyid Barghash bin Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān]; and ‘An account of the Tenets of the IBADHI Sect of ‘Oman’, translated from an Arabic manuscript work by the Political Agent at Muscat.The correspondence related to the state of affairs in the Khanate of Khelat covers: a raid committed from Khelat territory into Persian territory by a Persian subject; the demarcation of the Perso-Khelat boundary; the disputes between the Khan of Khelat and his nobles; the Marri [also spelled in the volume as Murree] and Bogtee [Bugti] tribes’ activities; trade routes and trading activities; proposed measures for preserving the peace of the Sind [Sindh] frontier; and petitions raised by a number of Sirdars from Khelat.The correspondence contains copies of Cabul [Kabul] diaries reporting on the state of affairs in Afghanistan. The diaries include news on the deputation of an envoy from the Khan of Khiva to the Amir of Afghanistan, Sher Ali Khan [Shīr ‘Alī Khān, also spelled in the volume as Shere]; the spread of cholera; military operations; the appointment and dismissal of local governors; the Budukshan [Badakhshan, also spelled in the volume as Badakshan] affair; the boundary between Afghanistan and Bokhara [Bukhara]; relations between Afghanistan and the Russian Empire; and correspondence between the Governor General of Russian Toorkistan [Turkestan] and the Amir in relation to border affairs.The correspondence contains news reports of affairs at Aden covering: the spread of cholera at Aden and Hodeida [Al Hudaydah]; the attack on Hodeida by the Arab tribe of Asseerees [‘Asīr]; accounts of the trade routes leading to Aden and the principal tribes in the neighbourhood with which the Government of India have treaty relations; the Political Resident at Aden, Major-General Charles William Tremenheere, visiting Lahej territory; the advance of Turkish troops in Yemen; reports of incidents on board British ships; military action towards the Munsooree [Al-Manṣūrī, also al-Manāṣīr] and the Soobaihee [al-Ṣabīha, also spelled in the volume as Soobahees] tribes of Yemen; an agreement signed between the Soobaihee chiefs of Yemen and the Political Resident at Aden related to roads safety; a detailed ‘report of the Arab tribes and the vicinity of Aden’ prepared by Captain William Francis Prideaux, Assistant to the Political Resident at Aden; and an agreement signed between the tribe of the Foodthlees [al-Faḍlī] of Yemen and the Political Resident at Aden.Other topics covered in the volume are:The military operations of Russia in Central Asia‘The subject of the sovereignty of Kohuk [Kuhak, also spelled in the volume as Kuak]’ with detailed description of the Perso-Baloch frontierThe employment by the Ottoman Government of an English diver, James Thomas, in seeking for pearls on the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf‘Complaint made by the Persian Government of instructions having been issued to Her Majesty’s representative at Gwadur [Gwadar] to recognise Charbar [Chah-Bahar, a town on the Makran coast of Persian Baluchistan] as belonging to Muscat’‘A piratical attack on the British India Steam Navigation Company’s steam ship
Cashmereat Busreh [Basra, also spelled in the volume as Busrah]’The claim of Hajee Moosa Meymennee [Ḥājī Mūsa Mīmanī, also spelled in the volume as Meymenee], a British Indian subject, to compensation for ‘the wheat supplied by him to the people of Bushire [Bushehr] under a compulsory order of the Persian Government’‘The infraction of the interdict on the export of grain and provisions from Persian ports’An account by Dr David Livingstone, Her Majesty’s Consul in Inner Africa, of his explorations in Central Africa‘The trade between India and the Persian Gulf, and the proposal for a new Commercial Treaty with Persia’The dispute between Turkey and Bahrein [Bahrain] concerning the murder of a Turkish messenger, and other Bahrein AffairsThe Turkish expedition to NejdNews of the arrival and departure of ships at Kateef [Qatif], Ojair [Al-Uqayr], Ras Tanoorah [Ras Tanura] and other portsThe request of Messrs Gray, Paul and Company for permission to place steam barges at Bushire for the purpose of landing and shipping cargoRelations between the Russian authorities and the Turkoman tribes‘Captain St. John’s explorations in Persia, and containing information on certain points of Persian geography’The arbitral opinion given by Major General on special mission Frederick John Goldsmid, in the matter of the Seistan [Sistan] arbitrationNews of appointments of British Agents and other officials in various locations in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.Among the main correspondents in the volume are: Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; D C Macnabb, Officiating Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawur [Peshawur] Division; C Alison, Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Teheran [Tehran]; Ronald Thomson, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Teheran; Colonel C Herbert, Her Majesty’s Political Agent at Baghdad; H LePoer Wynne, Under Secretary to the Government of India; Captain G J Stevens, Commandant, Aden Troop; Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Dr John Kirk, Acting Political Agent and Her Majesty’s Consul at Zanzibar; Major Edward Charles Ross, Her Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat; Captain C Grant, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Captain C H Harrison, Political Agent at Khelat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 985; 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 volume also contains an intermittent pagination sequence.
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-22 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 28 September 1844. The enclosures are dated 9 August-28 September 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden including:Reports that an army led by the Imam of Sana [Sana’a] is marching in the direction of Aden and has reached as far as Kattobah [Qa’tabah], but has been forced to return to Sana by news of ‘disturbances’Defensive measures taken at Aden in case the Imam had hostile intentions towards itReported disturbances in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] due to the cessation of Ottoman payments to various tribal chiefs, and concerns of an adverse effect on British trade at Judda [Jeddah]A complaint by Moolla Jaffer bin Moolla Abool [Mullā Ja’far bin Mullā Abūl] that he was recalled to Bombay [Mumbai] from his position as Native Assistant and Interpreter at the Political Agency, Aden, while sick and without opportunity to settle his personal affairsA visit by Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough, on his return journey to England after having served as Governor-General of India.The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, commanding the troops at Aden; the Imam of Sana; Moolla Jaffer; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (55 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-41 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1844. The enclosures are dated 27 August-27 November 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and East Africa, including:Reports that an army led by the Imam of Sana [Sana’a] is marching in the direction of Aden, with the apparent intention of attacking Lahidge [Lahej], and has reached as far as Ereem [Yarim], but has been halted by news of the usurpation of Sana by the Imam’s uncleReports that the Sultan of Ourlghee [Aulaqi] also intends to attack Lahidge, but requires permission from the Sultan of Fouthelee [Fadhli] to march through his territoryA request from M Houssain Fudthel [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī], Sultan of Lahedge, for shot and powder to aid in his defenceThe high rate of illness among the troops at Aden, a request for the worst cases to be invalided out, and the need for reinforcementsReports of a massacre and mass enslavement committed by the King of Shoa [Shewa]Payment of a grant to the Assistant Political Agent, Aden, to cover his expenses from his tour of the coast of East AfricaThe need of extensive repairs to, or replacement of, the building currently housing the Political Agent’s office and the Agency Treasury.The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, commanding the troops at Aden; the Sultan of Lahedge; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Quartermaster-General, Bombay; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (85 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-11 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 31 December 1844. The enclosures are dated 11 November-20 December 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and East Africa, including:An agreement to six months’ peace between the Sultans of Lahidge [Lahej] and Fouthelee [Fadhli], preventing a planned attack on Lahidge by the Sultan of Ourlghee [Aulaqi]Reports that an army led by the Imam of Sana [Sana’a] remains at Ereem [Yarim], but is gaining followersAn outbreak of smallpox in AdenThe need of repairs to the only remaining minaret in Aden.The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Aden.Physical description: 1 item (19 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-29 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 28 February 1845. The enclosures are dated 10 January-27 February 1845.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the defence of Aden in the light of reports that Hussain ibn Ali Hyder [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī Ḥaydar], Sherriff [Sharif] of Mocha and Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], has occupied Taez [Taiz] and is intending to take possession of all of southern Yemen and attack Aden.The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; the Executive Engineer, Aden; Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, commanding the troops at Aden; the Senior Naval Officer, Aden; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (58 folios)
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 10 June 1845. Further enclosures to this letter can be found in IOR/F/4/2122/100073.The item refers to a request by the Governor General of India for political officers to provide details on the Company’s political relations with ‘native states’. The majority of the item is made up of the subsequent response from Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, who provides information on Aden and the surrounding territory.His report (ff 311-347) is split into:A history of Aden and Yemen from AH 7 [c 628 AD] to the mid-1830s (ff 311-328), including a ‘Table Shewing the descent of the present reigning Family at Lahedge [Lahij]’ (f 325)A description of the events at Aden between 1837-43, including Haines’s dealings with M’Hassan Foudthel, the Sultan of Aden [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-'Abdalī, Sultan of Lahij], and how Aden came to be under British control (ff 328-337)A brief description of the tribes in the territories surrounding Aden (f 338)A brief note on the climate of Aden (f 339).Haines’s report also contains several enclosures:Letters sent by Haines to Captain Smith, Senior Naval Officer at Aden, and Major S Bailie, Commanding the Military Force, in January 1839 requesting their aid in taking Aden under British control (ff 340-341)A letter from Haines to the Government of Bombay, 25 January 1839, describing the storming of Aden by the British in January 1839 (ff 341-343)A copy of a treaty concluded by Haines and the Sultan, 11 February 1843 (ff 343-345)A copy of the bond obtained from the Sultan, signed 20 February 1844, confirming the salary he will receive from the British as well as an oath of loyalty on behalf of himself and all individuals under his jurisdiction (ff 345-346)A map of the ‘South Coast of Arabia’ [south-western Yemen], April 1845, indicating: mountain ranges; settlements; tribal regions; and areas of cultivation (f 347).Correspondents: Haines; the governments of Bombay and India; M’Hassan Foudthel; and Sultan Ahmed [Sultan Aḥmad bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], son of M’Hassan Foudthel.The majority of the material in the item is dated from 1838-45, apart from the original circular sent by the Governor-General of India, which is dated 17 October 1833.M’Hassan Foudthel is also written as M’Houssain Fudthel and M’Houssain Futthel.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Coll[ection]: 20, Vol: 1, Draft 29/46’, ‘Collection N. 1 of N. 59’ and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 300, and terminates at f 349, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume is
Handbook of Yemen. Prepared by the Arab Bureau, Cairo, 1st edn, 15 January 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).The handbook contains information about Yemen under the following headings:Area;Physical Character (including Relief and Climate);Population;Districts and Towns;Agriculture and Industries;Trade (including Currency, and Weights and Measures);Political;Yemen Army Corps;Tribal Notes;Personalities;Communications;Routes.The prefatory note states that the handbook had been compiled by Major K Cornwallis and Lieutenant-Commander D G Hogarth, RNVR from information obtained in Cairo (especially about tribes and personalities) and from material prepared for the
Arabia Handbookissued by the Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division.The volume contains an 'Outline Map of Yemen' (f 6).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 93 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages within the volume.Pagination: the volume also has an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-167 (ff 7-92).
Abstract: The file consists of situation reports from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda [Jeddah] (Sir Andrew Ryan) on the progress of hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, between March and July 1934. The reports are in the form of copies of telegrams (including one from the Political Agent, Kuwait) to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, forwarded with covering letters to the Political Agent, Bahrain. The reports also include translations of Saudi official communiqués on the conflict.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; 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.
Abstract: The file contains a printed copy of a booklet containing two agreements: I.
Agreement between the United Kingdom and Italy, consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; and II.
Bon Voisinage Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between the United Kingdom and Italy, agreed in Rome on 16 April 1938. The booklet is labelled Treaty Series No. 31 (1938), and published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1938. A cover slip (folio 2) indicates that the booklet was sent by the Secretary of the Political Department in the India Office, and that copies were also sent to India, Bushire, Koweit [Kuwait], and Muscat.Annex 3 is the one most pertinent to British officials in the Gulf, in that it relates to certain areas of the Middle East, namely: Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It concerns an agreement not to interfere in each other’s affairs and possessions in the Red Sea; those islands in the Red Sea to which Turkey had renounced its rights to; and Britain’s Aden protectorate. Other regions and places covered by the annexes include: the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, East Africa, and Lake Tsana [Tana] in Ethiopia. It also covers the exchange of military information between the two countries, the use of propaganda, and Italian assurances on Spain and her possessions.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-3; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.The copy of the agreement included in the file (ff 4-23) has its own printed pagination system running from 3 (f 5) to 39 (f 23), and a contents page which refers to this pagination on the verso of folio 4.
Abstract: This file contains a copy of a telegram sent from the Foreign Office in London to a number of British embassies and residencies globally on 13 April 1948. The telegram concerns the proposed recognition of Seif el-Islam Ahmed as the King of Yemen.The file also contains a covering letter that forwarded the copy from the Persian Gulf Political Resident in Bahrain to the Political Agents in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.