File 3086/1915 Pt 8-9 'ARABIA:- ARMS FOR SAYYID IDRISSI'

Content

IOR/L/PS/10/563 comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the British policy of supporting Idrisi Saiyid [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī] involving the supply of munitions to assist the Idrisi in conflict with the Ottoman Empire.

The volume is composed of two parts, IOR/L/PS/10/563/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/563/2.

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (472 folios)

It is grouped into

File 3086/1915 Pt 8 'Arabia: (Asir) - Supply of arms to Sayyid Idrisi'

573 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/563/1

File 3086/1915 Pt 9 'Arabia:- Asir. Supply of Arms tc., to Sayyid Idrisi.'

368 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/563/2

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; 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. A previous foliation sequence between ff 150-255, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Written in

English 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/10/563

Former external reference(s)

P 3086/1915 Pt 8 P 3086/1915 Pt 9

History of this record

Date(s)

1915-1925 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DiplomacyAlliances

Places

Aden Protectorate

People & organisations

Viceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilIdrīsī Imām of ʻAsīrPolitical Resident, Aden

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