File 37/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
IOR/L/PS/10/65
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The record is made up of 1 file (758 folios). It was created in 1903. It was written in English and French. 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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This file contains correspondence and documents 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. Much of the correspondence in the file relates specifically to the Amiri border region.
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).
The following documents are contained in the file:
- a report written by Colonel Wahab regarding the demarcation of the Amiri border (folios 178-184);
- a Foreign Office memorandum entitled 'Memorandum on the Boundary of the British Protectorate of Aden' (folios 706-708);
- a note compiled by 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. entitled 'Aden Boundary' (folios 709-711).
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 a printed map of the Aden frontier on folio 726.
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 file (758 folios)
- It is grouped into
- 2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/65, f 726
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The Subject 37 (Aden) contains 5 files, IOR/L/PS/10/63-67.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 758; 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.
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- English and French in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/65
- Former external reference(s)
- P 37/1905 Pt 3
- Date(s)
- 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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- BoundariesBoundary disputes
- Places
- YemenAden
- People & organisations
- Aden Boundary CommissionAnglo-Turkish Boundary CommissionAden Boundary Commission, Commissioner
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- IOR/L/PS/10/65
- Title
- File 37/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
- Pages
- 26r:26v, 133r:134v, 248r:250v, 275r:277v, 335r:335v, 356r:358v, 386r:386v, 391r:392v, 396r:396v, 547r:547v, 677r:677v
- Author
- Turkish Ambassador to London
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/65
- Title
- File 37/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:25v, 27r:57v, 59r:64v, 66r:132v, 135r:247v, 251r:274v, 278r:328v, 330r:334v, 336r:355v, 359r:385v, 387r:390v, 393r:395v, 397r:546v, 548r:676v, 678r:757v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/65, f 726
- Title
- 'Map of the Aden Frontier'
- Pages
- 65r:65v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
