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Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia' [47r] (93/140)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1936-1 Mar 1937. 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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No? 492
SECRET
Sir,
THE
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.
,
ADEN,
30th September, 1936.
I have the honour to refer you to the
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correspondence ending with my Secret despatch No?432 of
9th September, 1936 in connection with the recent
activities of Mr. Philby in the Aden Protectorate.
2. I returned yesterday from a visit by air to
Mukalla and the Kadhramaut valley.
3. In the course of my visit I was able to make
enquiries on the spot as to the extent of Mr. Philby’s
Sa’udi propaganda though enquiries were scarcely
necessary as both the Qu’aiti authorities at Mukalla
and shibara, and the Kathiri Sultan and influential
Seiyid family of A1 Kaf in the Eastern part of the
Hadhramaut valley were only too ready to open the
subject without encouragement and to talk about what
they considered as Mr. Philby^ unwarrantable
interference.
4. I found that fir. Philby had spared no pains
to proclaim the merits of Sa’udi Government at every
opportunity and to assert how well the people of the
Hadhramaut would fare were they to come under the rule
of Ibn Sa’ud. Mr. Philby declared the country between
the Western boundary of the Hadhramaut and Najran to be
a "No Man f s Land" which would soon be taken over by
Ibn Sa'ud. This includes Shabwa and A1 ’Abr, of which
ghabwa (which is actually more to the South than shewn
on
The Right Honourable W.G.A. Ormsby Gore, P.C.,
Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Downing Street, S.V/.l.
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This file relates to the disputed south and south-western boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It primarily concerns an expedition to southern Saudi Arabia that was undertaken by Harry St John Bridger Philby in 1936, during which Philby was reported to have entered Yemeni and British territory. Much of the correspondence discusses Philby's visit to Shabwa [Shabwa, Yemen] (reportedly with an armed Saudi party), a visit considered by the British to be an incursion into the Aden Protectorate.
The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); the Acting 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 (Morice Challoner Lake); Harry St John Bridger Philby; the Minister for Saudi Foreign Affairs [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; the Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla; the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].
In addition to correspondence the file includes Philby's own account of his visit to Shabwa, in an article published in The Times in January 1937.
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 (68 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; 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 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia'
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- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 12r:13v, 18r:41v, 43r:43v, 46r:52v, 56r:57v, 59r:59v, 62r:63v, 66r:69v, 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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