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Coll 1/29 'Aden Protectorate: legal status of subjects of the Hadhramaut; reports on Hadramis in Mecca, 1936, by the British Legation, Jeddah' [14r] (27/136)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 24 Jun 1924-13 May 1936. It was written in English. 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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accordance with the piowieions of Chapter 22 of Cona lar
Instmctiona, which specifically includea them among Hritieh
Protected Pereona# It is not eaay to reconcile thie state
of affairs with the observation in paragraph 2 (4) of your
despatch under reference that it would he difficult to show
any grant t usage or sufferance as a ground for a claim to
exercise capitulatory rights in their respect.
4. Moreover, if it is decided to reply to Mr* f^ates
in the sense proposed it will he necessary to instinct His
Majesty’s Consular Officers to cease to extend capitulatory
protection to Hadramautis* uich a step could not long remain
urknown to the native Arah lulers and it seems to me that
the unfavourable effect caused thereby in Southern Arabia
might he no less embarrassing than the question mentioned in
paragraph 2 (5) of your despatch* /urtheraore the logical
extension of the principle to other British Protected
Persons of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
origin would augment the possibility
of unfortunate reactions in that part of the world where the
people will be quite unable to understand the existence of
two distinct connotations of tie term M British Protected
Person”•
5. In all the circumstance© therefore I recommend that
matters he left as they are and I suggest that as the
question has no longer any practical interest for Mr. Yeates
his attention should he called to Article IV of the foreign
Jurisdiction Act and that he should be informed that you
will give a decision on the point if and when it is referred
to you by one of His Majesty’s Courts*
I have etc. ,
(Sd* ) P&kCY LOHAIHE
HIGH QQWSX&ZIQMte*
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The file contains correspondence between 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. , the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Political Department of the Government of India, and the High Commissioner in Cairo, regarding the legal status of Hadramaut [Hadramawt] subjects; plus minutes regarding Saudi influence in the Hadramaut.
The papers dated 1924 concern the possible inclusion of the Aden Protectorate in legislation allowing residence in a Protectorate or Mandated Territory to qualify for an Imperial Certificate of Naturalisation, and includes a copy of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, and draft additions (folios 59-66).
The papers dated 1931 concern the legal status of Hadramaut subjects with regards to the jurisdiction of the Consular Courts in Egypt, a question raised in response to an enquiry made by R B Yeates, a barrister in Cairo. Yeates enquires as to whether subjects of the Hadramaut enjoyed capitulatory rights in Egyptian courts. The correspondence consists of a detailed legal discussion of the various definitions of 'British Protected Persons'. In the end it is communicated to Yeates that a decision regarding the jurisdiction of Consular Courts in Egypt over Hadramaut subjects will be provided by the Secretary of State, but only in the event that such a question is addressed to him through one of the courts.
The papers dated 1936 (folios 2-8) consist of minutes made by Khan Bahadur Ihsanullah, Indian Vice-Consul at Jedda. The first minute concerns meetings in Mecca with a Hadramaut subject named Seyyid, and a separate meeting with Shaikh Ali Abdullah Ba Dagaub. They discussed attempts by Osman al Amoudi, leader of the Irshadiya movement in Java, to open schools in the Hadramaut. Al Amoudi is said to have the backing of the Saudi Government. Shaikh Ali also discussed Saudi relations with tribes in the Hadramaut. The second minute documents a meeting with Shaikh Osman el Amudi and Shaikh Ali Badgaish, where they discussed the Qaity dynasty, Saudi intentions towards Hadramaut territories, and dissatisfaction with British involvement in the Hadramaut.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (68 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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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- Title
- Coll 1/29 'Aden Protectorate: legal status of subjects of the Hadhramaut; reports on Hadramis in Mecca, 1936, by the British Legation, Jeddah'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32r:34v, 36r:42v, 44r:58v, 67r:67v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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