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File 37/1905 Pt 5 'Aden Delimitation' [‎77r] (158/606)

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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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I cm directed dy the Marquess of Lansdowne to
enclose for the information of the Secretary of
State for India copy of a despatch from His Majes
ty's Ambassador at Constantinople relative to the
settlement of the Aden frontier question.
Lord Lansdowne proposes, if Mr. Brodrick con-
, to approve Sir N. O'Conor's proposal to ar
range for an exchange of notes in the manner des
cribed in his despatch.
It will be observed that His Excellency asks
whether it will he sufficient to insert a paragraph
in the note to the effect that the actual demarcation
of the undelimited portion of the frontier from the
River Sana North Eastwards to the Desert is post
poned to a more favourable moment.
The Under Secretary of State,
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. .
Lord

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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.

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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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