'Memorandum by Lieutenant-General J. W. Schneider, C.B.'
IOR/L/PS/18/B42
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The record is made up of 1 file (1 folio). It was created in 23 Feb 1886. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The file consists of a memorandum from Sir John William Schneider, Politcal Resident at Aden, on British interests in Socotra.
It includes opinions on Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener's misapprehensions with regards to British influence at Socotra [Suquṭrā]; discusses the treaty or agreement concluded in 1876 which bound the Sultan Ali Bin Abdulla El-Alfreer and his successors, and the necessity of acquiring certain rights over the island and its dependencies. It also notes the need for the construction and maintenance of a lighthouse at Cape Gardafui or Fas Hufoon; and raises the question of fortifying the island of Perim [Jazīrat Mayyūn] against attacks from the tribes on the African and Arabian coasts, and to protect the lighthouse.
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- 1 file (1 folio)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 74, and terminates at f 74, 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B42
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- 23 Feb 1886 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Socotra
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- Political Resident, AdenSultan of Socotra
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- Title
- 'Memorandum by Lieutenant-General J. W. Schneider, C.B.'
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- 74r:74v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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