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Coll 6/24 'Yemen: Relations with Abyssinia.' [‎9r] (17/58)

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The record is made up of 1 file (27 folios). It was created in 28 Sep 1929-7 Oct 1935. 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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Extract from Political Intelligence Summary
lTo.232 for the week ending 20th June 1931,
II THE YKHEI! .
1555. (Reference para. 1543. ) The Abyssinian
Mission returned to HODEIDAH from SARA 1 on the 19th
June. It is reported that they were very cordinally
received by the IMAM and that their visit to SARA’
was made the opportunity for the negotiation of a
)
Treaty of Friendship and Commerce, a draft of which
they carry back to ADDIS ABSBA. The IMAM has sent with
them a gift of 6 horses for the EMPEROR.
II. T HE YEMEN.
1550. (Reference para. 1029). SHEIKH f ABDAL WASI BIN
YEHIA AEDAL WAS*I ”private agent*’ of the IMAM in ABYSSINIA
arrived at HODEIDAH from JIBUTI on the 4th June and left for
SANA 1 on the 6th June.

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This file concerns Yemeni-Abyssinian relations. It consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Addis Ababa (Sidney Barton), which also include copies of the Minister's correspondence with the 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. in Aden (George Symes).

The correspondence discusses the following:

  • The visit of Sheikh Abd el Wasi' bin Yehia Abd el Wasi' [Shaikh ʿAbd al-Wāsi' ibn Yaḥyá al-Wāsi'ī], an emissary of the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn], to Addis Ababa, in October 1929, regarding the Imam's concern about the treatment of Yemeni residents in Abyssinia.
  • Reports of an Abyssinian (also referred to by the British as Ethiopian) mission to Yemen in May-June 1931, and the beginning of treaty negotiations.

Almost all the material in the file falls within the period of 1928-31; the file contains one later item, which is an extract from the Morning Post , dated 7 October 1935.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (27 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate 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 29; 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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