Coll 6/24 'Yemen: Relations with Abyssinia.' [12r] (23/58)
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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CONFIDI NTI> L.
Hie kajeety's Minister at Addis Ababa presents
his oomr>liiaents to His Majesty's Srrincipal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs and has the honour to transmit
to him the under-mentioned documents*
British Legation,
Addis Ababa*
16th December, 1929.
4
fleference to previous correspondence:
A*A* despatch No.324 of November 31st, 1939.
Description of nclosure.
KAME AND DATE.
SUBJECT.
Activities of Sheikh Abdel
No.17 of December 16th
to Hesident, ivden*
W&si*
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- front, front-i, 3r:28v, back-i, back
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