File 37/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'

Content

This file contains correspondence and reports related to the work of the Aden Boundary Commission, the British Government body tasked with the delineation of the borders of the British Protectorate of Aden.

The file contains a number of letters from Colonel Robert Alexander Wahab, the Commissioner of the Aden Boundary Commission, sent to the Political and Secret Department of the 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. in London (and the British Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Aden). Also enclosed are extracts from Wahab's diary relating to his work on the commission.

The file also contains two memorandums written by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mallaby Abud of the Indian Staff Corps (Indian Army) that discuss the impact of adopting the boundary as recommended by the British commissioners and its impact on relations with tribes in the region (folios 191-195 and 358-367).

The majority of the correspondence in the file is in English, but also enclosed is a limited amount of correspondence from the Ottoman Ambassador in London that is in French.

The file contains four maps of the Aden border region (folios 67, 77, 268 and 368).

The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.

Extent and format

1 volume (543 folios)

It is grouped into

Printed Map of Aden Protectorate Border Region

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/63, f 67

Sketch Map of Aden Protectorate Border Region

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/63, f 77

Printed Map of Aden Protectorate Border Region

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/63, f 268

Sketch Map of Aden Protectorate Border Region

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/63, f 368

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

The Subject 37 (Aden) consists of 5 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/63-67.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 543; 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.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/63

Former external reference(s)

P 37/1905 Pt 1

History of this record

Date(s)

1901-1902 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

BoundariesBoundary disputes

Places

YemenAden

People & organisations

Aden Boundary CommissionAnglo-Turkish Boundary CommissionAden Boundary Commission, Commissioner

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