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Coll 17/2 'Arabia (Yemen). Relations between Iraq & Yemen. Treaty of Friendship.' [‎93r] (185/267)

The record is made up of 1 file (133 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1931-4 Aug 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. 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 in translation from a letter No.1463 dated
July 1931, from Taha Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. A1 Hashimi, Chief of Staff,
’Iraqi Army, and President of the ’Iraqi Delegation to
Yaman, to His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs
XXX
Commissaire Signor Campani of Massawa and the
Director of Political Affairs, Signor Morino, both have
a good knowledge of Arabic. The latter is also a
prominent orientalist with extensive knowledge on matters
oriental. He twice visited Sana’a, and succeeded in
concluding a treaty of recognition and friendship between
the Italian Grovernment and the Yaman. The Secretary
General, Signor Zedda, has an extensive knowledge of the
affairs and history of oriental peoples.
The Director General is of the nobility of
Sicily. He has an excellent knowledge of French and
English. Before coming to Asmara he was Secretary
General in the colony of Tripolitana.
Italy has only five officials in the Kingdom
of Yaman: four doctors (two employed in the Sana’a
Hospital and one each in the Hudaidah and Ta’z Hospitals)
and one Assistant Engineer in charge of the Military
Workshops in Sana’a.
These officials are in the receipt of
allowances from the Government of Yaman. It is believed
that the Italian Government grants them additional
allowances. These officials are perhaps employed under
the provisions of the Annexure to the Treaty. So it is
said.
Italy had considerable influence in the Yaman
before the coming into that country of the Russian trade
mission

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Papers regarding relations between Iraq and Yemen, from the Iraqi Mission to Yemen in 1931, the subsequent Treaty of Friendship agreed between the two countries, and the eventual accession of Yemen to the Iraqi-Saudi Treaty of Arab Brotherhood and Alliance. The file includes the following treaties and related documents:

  • English translation of the Treaty of Friendship between the Kingdoms of Iraq and Yemen, signed in Sana'a on 11 May 1931, ff 116-117.
  • English translation of a report on the work of the Iraqi Mission to the Yemen, written by General Taha Hashimi (Chief of the Iraq General Staff), ff 98-112.
  • Booklet providing texts of the Treaty of Friendship between the Kingdoms of Iraq and Yemen, and of the Ratifications exchanged at Baghdad on 26 April 1932, printed by the Iraqi Government Press in English and Arabic, ff 78-81.
  • English translation of an article appearing in Umm al-Qura No. 679, 7 Shawwal 1356 [10 December 1937], on the 'Ratification of the Saudi-Iraqi-Yemeni Treaty of Arab Alliance', ff 17-18.
  • English translation of the 'Arbitration Covenant between the Saudi Arab Kingdom and the Kingdom of Yemen', ff 13-15.
  • English translation of the 'Instrument of Accession of the Kingdom of the Yemen to the Treaty of Arab Brotherhood and Alliance between Iraq and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia', ff 7-12.
  • Note submitted by the British Legation at Jedda, comparing the Yemeni accession agreement to the Saudi-Iraq treaty, ff 34-38.

The file also includes correspondence between the HM Embassy at Baghdad, HM Legation at Jedda, 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. Political Department, and the Foreign Office, regarding: a proposal to establish an Iraqi Legation to the Yemen; tensions between the King of Yemen and Ibn Sa'ūd; Iraqi concerns over Soviet and Italian influence in Yemen; and the provision of training in Iraq for Yemeni army cadets and trainee teachers.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).

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1 file (133 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 133; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-132; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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