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File 37/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Frontier Delimitation' [103r] (214/1197)
The record is made up of 1 file (596 folios). It was created in 1904. It was written in English, Arabic 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 Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government,]
PERSIA AM) ARABIA
(Aden.)
[August 17.]
Section 1.
A
CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 1.
Sir N. O'Conor lo the Marquess of l.ansdowne.—(Received August 17.)
(No. 646.) *
My Lord, Therapia, August 11, 1904.
I INCLOSE herewith to your Lordship a Memorandum from Mr. Lamb, reporting
a telegram received by the Sublime Porte from the Turkish Commission for the delimi
tation of the Aden frontier.
I have instructed Mr. Lamb to reply that the places mentioned by the Commis
sioners are on the British side of the line running from Lakmat-es-Shub to the desert,
and cannot, therefore, be a subject for contestation.
At the same time I have prepared a Memorandum, of which a copy is likewise
inclosed, which Mr. Lamb is to read to the Under-Secretary of State and Ifeave him
a copy if desired, but to explain to his Excellency thkt my proposals are subject
to your Lordship’s final assent and approval, and are made solely with a view to
bringing these prolonged negotiations to a speedy and amicable conclusion.
I venture again to remark that, to my knowledge, the Ottoman Government have
never drawn a distinction between the Upper and Louver Yaffai or Aulaki, nor
questioned the oft-repeated assertion that these tribes belonged to the nine cantons,
which are considered to be under British protection. I am therefore unwilling myself
to seem to throw doubt on this point by making a distinction between the upper and
lower divisions, and I consider our interests are amply safeguarded by the request that
the Porte shall recognize that the canton of the Yaffai and Aulaki, with their depen
dencies and sub-divisions, as also all tribes to the east of the line going from Lakmat-
es-Shub to the desert, are British. This line includes nearly the wdiole of the Rubeatein
and the whole of the Dhabiani country, and leaves us free to act as we please with
regard to Beda, which also is on the British side of the north-east frontier-line. It would
be, I consider, very imprudent to raise a discussion in connection with the Imperial
Irade of February 1902, which I have always regarded as a very favourable solution of
a complicated question.
I cannot say whether the Porte will accept my proposals. I think they will give
the lien over the Subaihi district which we desire, but they may insist upon retaining
Turbat Abul Azrar on account of the holy shrine, and upon the line running from
Enrwah to Jebel Hosisi instead of to Sheikh Mirad ; but if our reserves are accepted to
the country south-east of Akama Kuddam, I venture to think it is relatively of little
importance whether the frontier ends at Jebel Hosisi or Sheikh Mirad. I shall, of course,
make the best terms I can, but I should be grateful to your Lordship if you will let me
know by telegraph whether you approve of the proposals contained in my communication
to the Sublime Porte. i s.
I have, &c.
(Signed) N. R. O’CONOR.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Memorandum by Mr. Lamb.
(No. 271.)
THE Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicated to me
to-day a Yizierial letter of the 7th instant, covering a telegram from the Acting
Vali of Yemen, dated the 21st ultimo (3rd instant), which had been transmi e<
through the Ministry of the Interior. This telegram was in the following terms.—-
The British Commissioner came to the Frontier Commission anc state na , m
accordance with the instructions of his Government, he would be unab e o S1 8^
Agreement as to the Bab-ul-Mandeb-Subaihi section of the frontier so ong as i. v as
not agreed and confirmed that Awalik (i.e., the Aulaki), which the iitisi o^ ernme
had announced to the Porte thirty years ago was part of the nine cantons, was m a
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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 Subaihi 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 file also contains extracts from Wahab's diary related to his work on the commission.
The file contains a detailed report on the demarcation of the frontier entitled: 'Report on the Demarcation of the Frontier between the Tribes in the Protectorate of Aden and the Turkish Province of Yemen; by Major-General P. J. Maitland, C.B., 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. at Aden' (folios 25-44).
The file contains a number of maps as follows:
- a printed map of the Sheikh Sa'id Peninsula (folio 94);
- a printed map of the border region of the British protectorate of Aden (folio 112);
- a printed map entitled 'Map of Haushabi and Subaihi Border' with list of place names in English and Arabic (folio 237);
- a printed map of the Sheikh Sa'id Peninsula (folio 239);
- a hand-drawn entitled 'Map Illustrating Southern Subaihi Frontier Proposals Referred to in Sir N O'Conor's Telegram No. 112' (folio 288);
- a printed sketch-map entitled 'Aden Boundary Commission Survey Sketch Accompanying No. 19 of 15th March 1904' (folio 291);
- a printed sketch entitled 'Aden Boundary Commission Survey Sketch Accompanying No. 21 of 15th March 1904' (folio 456);
- a printed map entitled 'Aden Frontier Survey, Subaihi Boundary in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ma'din' (folio 457).
The file also contains correspondence related to French claims of ownership over Sheikh Said (Cheikh Said), a peninsula near the island of Perim on the Mandeb Strait at the entrance to the Red Sea. The file contains original copies of articles on this topic that were printed in the French newspaper La Dépêche Coloniale in September and October 1904 .
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 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 (596 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 commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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