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Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia' [56r] (111/140)
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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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.
,
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Q C i r^DEN, 21st October, 1936.
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I have the honour to refer to my secret despatch
No.492 dated 30th September 1936, and to enclose for your
information a copy of a letter dated 9th October 1936 from
:
the Upper f Aulaqi Sultan regarding the recent activities of
Mr. Philby in the Aden Protectorate.
2. The
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hammam and the district of Markha are
situated in the territory of the Upper f Aulaqi Sultan;
(reference my telegram No.62 of 24th August), and it will
be noted that Mr. Philby is reported to have arrived in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hammam on 30th September.
My telegram to Mr. Philby requesting him to with
draw his party from the Aden Protectorate was dated 7th
September and Mr. Philby replied on 10th September in a
telegram which led one to believe that he was leaving
Mukalla on that day for Shabwa to act accordingly. It is
therefore apparent that, if these reports are true, (and I
have no reason to doubt them) Mr. Philby deliberately dis
regarded the request to leave the Protectorate and actually
penetrated further in.
3. I am replying to the Upper 'Aulaqi Sultan that
the Sa’udi party entered the Hadhramaut and other parts of
the
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W.G.A. ORMSBY G0RE,P.C.,
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,
DOWNING STREET, S.W.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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- Title
- Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia'
- Pages
- 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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