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File 37/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Delimitation' [‎50r] (104/606)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (300 folios). It was created in 1905-1907. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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26. With, reference to the large scale map of Sheikh S lid, the boundary
between J. Kuwah and Husn Murad had, according to my instructions, to be
drawn so as to pass a certain distance inland from the actual shore line while
leaving the village of Turba and its wells on the Turkish side. In the original
survey the coast line was slightly inaccurate and the alteration shown on the
map is by Captain Bond, R.E.
27. I have handed over the archives of the Boundary Commission to 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. , Aden. They contain such a large number of documents
referring to other than purely boundary matters that I have thought it useful
for future reference to subjoin a list of the principal documents having a direct
bearing on the different sections of the frontier.
Documents in the records of the Aden JBoundary Commission having direct
hearing on the different sections of the frontier.
Section
of
frontier.
Subject of document.
No. aud date
of
document.
Amiri ... ...
Extent and merits of Amiri claims
• • •
* No. 271 of May
25th, 1903.
Amiri (with part of
Haushabi).
Settlement of, with map (scale 1—-40,000) and
description.
t No. 18 of March
15th, 1904.
Haushabi
Merits of, and settlement agreed on
• t •
J No. 19 of March
15tb, 1901.
Hausbabi and Subebi
to Has Iraf.
Settlement with Map
...
§ No. 45 of June
11th, 1904.
Subebi ... ...
Respective claims of Turks and Subehi
...
f| No. 21 of March
15th, 1904.
Subehi (western
portion).
Respective claims of Turks and Subehi
No. 81 of April
26th, 1904.
Subebi (western
portion).
Further information, with sketch map
memo, by Mr. Fitzmaurice on French,
dealings with Sheikh Said.
and
etc,
** No. 41 of June
4th, 1904.
Subehi (Atifi Section)...
Documentary, etc., proof as to Atifi claims to
Sheikh Said, Kudam, etc.
ft No. 42 of June
8th, 1904.
North-East boundary
from L. Ash Shub to
desert.
Merits of respective Turkish and British
claims, with general information respecting
with sketch map, 10 miles to an inch.
tt No. 331 of Octo-
bery 1st, 1903.
Yafa claim to Rube*
Aten.
Incloses Imami document concerning
to*
§§ No. 340 of Octo
ber 26th, 1903.
Shaibi-Mares border...
Settlement to W. Bana with map
description.
and
|||| No. 337 of Octo
ber 2jth, 1903.
Translation from the original in French of the proces-verhal of the minutes of
the Meeting of the Commission for the Delimitation of the boundary of
the nine cantons held at Turha {Sheikh Said) on the 20th April 1905.
Present :—
Por Turkey—Mustapha Remzi Bey, Colonel on the Staff, Ottoman
Commissioner.
Por Great Britain—G. H. Pitzmaurice, Esquire, British Commissioner.
After discussion of the details of the Subehi border from Barh Am ’Ashara
(Khurj) marked LXY and 69 on the map, and examination of the documents
11
* Pro. No. 191 in
Secret E., August
It03, Nos. 178-268.
•(■ Pro. No. 48 in
Secret E., June IGOi,
Nos. 22-132.
t Pro. No. 49 i a
Hid.
J Enclosure to Pro-
No. 64 in Secret E..
August 1904, Nos.
10-81.
0 Pro. No. 51 in
Secret E., June 1904,
Nos 22-132.
f Enclosure to Pro.
No. 116 in ibid.
** Pro. No. 42 in
Secret E., August
1904, Nos. 10-81.
tt Enclosure to
Pro. No. 47 ibid.
Enclosure to Pro.
No. 98 in Secret E.,
March 1901, Nos.
83-199.
§ $ Enclosure to
Pro. No. 148 ibid.
|| || . Enclosure to*
Pro. No, 126 ibid.

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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the delineation of the border between the British Protectorate of Aden and the Ottoman Vilayet of Yemen.

Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Foreign Office and 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. . Much of the correspondence relates to negotiations between the British and the Ottoman Empire and the work of the Anglo-Turkish Boundary Commission (under Colonel Robert Alexander Wahab and Colonel Mustapha Remzi Bey). The file contains some copies of correspondence in French that were sent to Ottoman officials in the course of negotiations.

The file contains seven maps, the details of which are as follows:

  • a series of four maps entitled 'South Arabia, Anglo-Turkish Boundary' Sheets 1-4 (folios 43-46);
  • a printed map entitled 'Map of Subaihi Border' with place names in English and Arabic (folio 120);
  • a printed map of the Shekh Sa'id [Sheikh Said] Peninsula (folio 121);
  • a printed map entitled 'Sketch Map of Aden Boundary' (folio 276).

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 (300 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear 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 300; 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, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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