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File 37/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Frontier Delimitation' [76r] (156/1104)
The record is made up of 1 volume (543 folios). It was created in 1901-1902. 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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March 1892, war® naturally accepted as authorities for the
boundary. I therefore said in my note that the line on the
map accompanying it, ( a reproduction of Wahab's line) appear to
indicate the permanent result of the Turkish aggression of I 873 -
78. It was further remarked that none of the Shairi villages
were now in the hands of the Turks- Both these statements have
proved to be incorrect ,and Colonel Wahab has formally repudiate
his line of 3rd. March 1892 as in any way representtWthe actual
and existing boundary. The slice of the plateau on the east
ofl Jabal Jahaf then placed on the Turkish side of the line has
never been in Turkish possession, except perhaps temporarily.
^ At least they have taken no revenue from it for many years,and
all the villages pay to the Amir. The only villages paying to
the lurks are those already mentioned, viz:- the four Shairi
vilages Jaleli, Jelas, Lalehmat al Hajfar and A1 Wabh*
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant*
Signed* P.J. Maitland.
Brigadier-General,
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.
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Confi d enti al*
Aden
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.
*
The 21st* May 1902*
Copy forwarded, with compliments, to the Secretary, Politi
cal and Secret Department,
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.
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This file contains correspondence and reports 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.
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). Also enclosed are extracts from Wahab's diary relating to his work on the commission.
The file also contains two memorandums written by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mallaby Abud of the Indian Staff Corps (Indian Army) that discuss the impact of adopting the boundary as recommended by the British commissioners and its impact on relations with tribes in the region (folios 191-195 and 358-367).
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 four maps of the Aden border region (folios 67, 77, 268 and 368).
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 (543 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The Subject 37 (Aden) consists of 5 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/63-67.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 543; 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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/63
- Title
- File 37/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:66v, 68r:76v, 78r:267v, 269r:284v, 286r:289v, 294r:296v, 298r:299v, 302r:302v, 305r:324v, 325ar:325av, 325r:330v, 331ar:331av, 331r:367v, 369r:369v, 372r:377v, 378ar:378bv, 378r:413v, 414ar:414av, 414r:480v, 481ar:481av, 481r:511v, 514r:517v, 518ar:518av, 518r:537v, 540r:542v, back-i
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