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File 137/1904 Pt 2 'Aden Protectorate: Turkish Aggression' [208r] (424/582)
The record is made up of 1 volume (289 folios). It was created in 1905-1914. 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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Confidential
No. 2514 of 1906.
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 27th April 1906.
Frora
Ha jor-General DeBrath, C.3. t C.I.E. #
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.
To
The Chief Secretary to Government,
Political Department, Bombay.
Sir,
In continuation of previous correspondence
on the subject ending with this Office letter No. 1319,
dated 4th March 1906, I have the honour to now forward
translation of a letter recently received from Sheikh
Abdul hawi bin Muhammad Nasir the Shaabi, in which he
complains of an apparently somewhat mischievous incursion
of Turkish officials and subjects which took place on the
6th instant.
2. From other native sources, I gather that some
damage was caused to the Shaabi C6j/ps by the Turkish
officials residing through them and also allowing their
animals to graze upon them. But I am asking the Sheikh
to inform me more specifically of the amount of damage
actually caused.
3
It would appear desirable that some notice should
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This volume contains correspondence regarding the British Protectorate of Aden and its border with the Ottoman Vilayet of Yemen. The correspondence discusses Britain's relations with tribes in the region, and the activities of Ottoman officials including reports of incursions made into British territory by their forces and their attempts to attract tribes to the Ottoman cause. In addition to correspondence between British officials in Aden and India, the volume contains translations of correspondence exchanged between tribal leaders in Yemen as well as letters exchanged between these leaders and British officials in Aden. The volume also contains a detailed description of the frontier between the Sandjak [Sanjak] of Taiz and the Cantons of Amiri, Haushabi, and Subehi. Some of these documents are in French. 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 (289 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 285; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/15
- Title
- File 137/1904 Pt 2 'Aden Protectorate: Turkish Aggression'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 2r:53v, 57r:70v, 73r:75v, 78r:91v, 92v, 93v:171v, 176r:176v, 178r:190v, 193r:223v, 225r:225v, 228r:285v, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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