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File 37/1905 Pt 3 'Aden Frontier Delimitation' [‎87r] (176/1518)

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The record is made up of 1 file (758 folios). It was created in 1903. 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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The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs
presents his compliments to the Undersecretary of State for
India, and is directed* by the Secretary of State to transmit,
for the information of the Secretary of State for India, the
accompanying copies of a telegram, as marked in the margin,
relating to

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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 Amiri 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 following documents are contained in the file:

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 a printed map of the Aden frontier on folio 726.

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 file (758 folios)
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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.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 758; 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
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