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File 37/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Frontier Delimitation' [142r] (288/796)
The record is made up of 1 volume (396 folios). It was created in 1902. 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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Hauehabi.nor by anyena from eith.r 8 i*«. neither armed nor
unarmed men shall he sent to these Tii ae9g er 1o 0 tj ler
disputed points so as to produce an effect of occupation
loreorer no troubles and intrigues shall be created in
the* such as may c -.i,,order. In , , M tual .Ut«
of these places shall not be changed until the final
determination of the line of 4e:i j c-.tion. V
T: this objected that the status on the evacuation by the Otto
man troops should not be the existing status but the status of last
year I ins of t : gotiations. The Otto*
men Comisaionere objected strongly to this as it would involve the
rsoccuputicr by the Amir c ala of much of ti e territory in dis
pute. As they were very determined on this point, and as reversion
to the status of last year seems to be hardly possible now without
causing complications and friction,the point was yielded and it was
a„rc-r. t,._a- the present status should be maintained pending the
final ciecir-ion "between the tw© Orovernmejitg.
JtlL. ^ronosed that during the evacuation and before lorin - on to the
north east, our surveyors should ,.jointly with the Turkish surveyor*
nrkc a ro. trrit«ry t t# send to eur re spec V
ive (J#Ter« cuts U help the® ir forr.in • their decision. The Otteman
Cesimi scion era saiu the;/ could not agree t© this without orders from
their government, ajid they endeavoured to make conditions that the
combined survey party should visit the Azraki, rihrabi, and Ahmadi
country first; that the evacuation of Tabal .Tihaf, and Jabal Maf&ri
should be eifier w].©lly or partially deferred pending the aahinF of
©f this survey. In short they seemed so determined to put s© nany
difficulties in the way, that it was finally determined to postpone
tr.s survey of this part ©f the frontier, and te compile from the exis
ting imps on either side,a map illustrating the situation for the
information of the tv/o Cravernmonte. It war. agreed that for this
purpose Adjutant** 1 lajor Zehariya Bey ./ho is ir charge of the survey
uork of the Ottoman Commission should com© tomorrow to cooperate wih.
Lieut Tandy in th@ production ef he iap.
**/
y/// rrn
:ed where we proposed t© mere with
a view o commencing the delimitation to the north east. Replied
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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 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 348-350 and 377).
The file also contains a smaller amount of correspondence and documents related to action taken by the Italian Government against 'piracy' in the Red Sea (including a cutting from The Daily Telegraph 22 October 1902).
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 (396 folios)
- 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 396; 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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/64
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- File 37/1905 Pt 2 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:21v, 24r:88v, 91r:100v, 103r:150v, 152r:175v, 177r:228v, 230r:347v, 351r:376v, 378r:395v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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