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Coll 6/24 'Yemen: Relations with Abyssinia.' [23r] (45/58)
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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I*'l*.
. iearet«
Jo^y to Ciricc^
British i4egation #
Addis Ab&h&»
October Xfcth, 19g«,
bir.
In coutijaa&tion of nqf despatch Xio*ll secret of the
E8th ultimo I have the honour to Inform you that Sheikh Afcd
el 'aai^ the repree. atativ© of Imam Yohia, wrote to me re-
siueatin^; an interview and I aocordingly reoeived him at Hie
i ajeoty'e legation on the 5th instant.
£• 'ihe sheikh mi ;ht be some fifty ye&re of age and his
benevolent appearance and manner sug eet an underlying shrewd
ness •
6. He said that complaints had been reoeived from the
Yemeni residents in this country regarding their treatment at
the hands of the Ethiopian Authorities, and that he had been
sent to investigate these complaints and the possibility of
providing; for uonsulnr representation*
*
4* /iX\»er a reference to the relations between foutherx
Arabia and Ethiopia at the commencement of the hoh&medan era,
he returned to the present and ao&;j,ent©d on the fact that while
the Imam had a treaty with Italy, he had none with ue his
neighbours*
D * described the Imam as animated by feelings of the
greatest respect for England and by a keen desire for frieny
rel? tions* He had been at b&n&a during the late bir Gilber
Olay tan* s mission and he expressed his belief In your own
friendly intentions, out he alleged that good relations with
Aden had beam impaired owln# to the action of certain nr&bs in
the Protectorate and outside who were given to fishing in
troubled waters*
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.
6 *
Aden*
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Coll 6/24 'Yemen: Relations with Abyssinia.'
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- front, front-i, 3r:28v, 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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