Coll 6/47 'Yemen: Relations between Italy and the Imam of the Yemen.'

Content

This file concerns relations between Italy and Yemen. It largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence discussing the following:

• Reports in 1936 that the Treaty of Friendship (1926) between Italy and Yemen has been extended until November 1937.
• Details of negotiations for the renewal of the aforementioned treaty and reports of its conclusion on 4 September 1937.
• Claims made in the British press that Italy's supply of arms to Yemen contravenes certain clauses in the Anglo-Italian Agreement.
• Rumours of renewed French claims to Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd].
• The Foreign Office's response to unconfirmed reports of Italian military presence in Yemeni territory in early 1939, including reports of the Island of Jebel Zukur in the Red Sea (also spelled Djebel Zukur in the file) [Jazīrat Jabal Zuqar] having been occupied by Italian troops, and reports of Italian intentions to mount forty-three heavy guns at Sheikh Said.

The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , and later Governor, of Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly); His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris (Eric Phipps); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Miles Wedderburn Lampson); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (James Eric Drummond, Earl of Perth); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Rome (Edward Maurice Berkeley Ingram); the Secretary of State for the Colonies; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); officials of the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office.

In addition to correspondence the file includes copies of Aden political intelligence summaries from 1933 and a copy of a translation of the Italian text of the treaty between Italy and Yemen, signed on 2 September 1926.

The date range of the file is 1926-39; however, most of the file dates from between 1933 and 1939, with the exception of the aforementioned copy of the Italo-Yemeni treaty.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).

Extent and format

1 file (91 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 92; 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 between ff 17-36; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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/12/2114

Former external reference(s)

Coll 6/47

History of this record

Date(s)

2 Sep 1926-22 Sep 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Italo-Yemeni Treaty (1926)TreatiesAnglo-Italian Agreements (1938)

Places

Jebel Zukur IslandSheikh Said

People & organisations

HM Chargé d’Affaires to RomeForeign OfficeColonial OfficePolitical Resident, AdenGovernor of AdenSecretary of State for the Colonies, United KingdomHM Ambassador to FranceHM Ambassador to ItalyHM Ambassador to EgyptBritish Embassy, Rome

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