'Dynastic Claims of the Imam of Sana'a to the Aden Protectorate'

Content

The file contains a note by George Stewart Symes ( 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 Commander-in-Chief, Aden) written to the Secretary of State, 22 October 1928, which introduces three enclosures.

Enclosure 1: A note drawn up by Major Trenchard Craven William Fowle (First Assistant Resident, Aden) with a précis of the history of Yemen AD 600-1928, to refute the dynastic claims of the Imam of Sana'a [Ṣanʻā'] to the Aden Protectorate. This is based on two reports by Captain Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Fazluddin (Enclosures 2, and 3). It covers the reliability of Fazluddin as a source, outlines the lack of 'dynasty' in Aden, and argues against the basis of the Imam's claims.

Enclosure 2: A brief outline of the history of Yemen during the Moslem period, by Captain Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Fazluddin, I M S, Political Office, Hodeidah, 1922.

Enclosure 3: A note on the Zaidi Imamate of Sanaa [Ṣanʻā'], by Captain Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Fazluddin, I M S, Political Office, Hodeidah. It covers Sunnism, Shiaism and their teachings on succession, and divides the Zaidi Imamate in Yemen in to two periods for analysis: 902-1630, and 1630 to the time of writing.

Printed for the use of the Colonial Office, March 1929.

Extent and format

1 file (6 folios)

Arrangement

This file consists of a single document.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 94, and terminates at f 99, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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/18/B418

Former external reference(s)

P 2950/29

History of this record

Date(s)

Mar 1929 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Inheritance and succession (Islamic law)DynastiesProtectorates

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Political Resident, AdenFirst Assistant Resident, AdenImam of Yemen

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