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Coll 6/69 'Affairs in the Yemen.' [24r] (47/78)
The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1935-14 Oct 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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Notes.
Minute Paper.
Register No.
P. Z. 7797/35
SECRET.
POLITICAL DEPARTMENT
Dated
Dec.
193
Date.
Initials.
SUBJECT.
To
Under Secretary
Secretary of State...
/I u.
%
THE YEMEN.
2t. H.
Internal Situation.
Under Secretary
•
Secretary of State....
Report by Captain Seager,
Frontier Officer in the Aden Prote
SEEN
POLITICAL COMMiTTElt
a NOV 1935
Copy of
to
Previous papers :—
3330 1000 12.34
FOR INFORMATION.
Captain Seager '3 report contains valuable
information on the domestic situation in the
Yemen. Cross currents of hatred and jealousy
between the leading personalities; Abdulla al
Amri, the virtual dictator of the country^awd his
colleague, Raghib Bey, the Under Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs; the presumptive Crown
Prince; and the powerful
Wazir
Minister.
family, are perhaps
a normal feature of any Oriental despotism and
might lead to a series of Palace revolutions
which would not have much effect on the world at
large. However, the possibility that the civil
servants are in the pay of Italy and the efforts
of the
Wazir
Minister.
Family to enlist British support
remove these quarrels from the entirely domestic
sphere/
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This file mainly consists of copies of received Colonial Office correspondence relating to political and domestic affairs in the Yemen.
Of particular note are copies of two memoranda, forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Governor of Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly) and written by Captain Basil William Seager, Frontier Officer for the Aden Protectorate, which are dated 14 September 1935 and 30 July 1937 respectively. Matters discussed include Italian interests in the Yemen and the status and health of the Imam [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn]. The memoranda also include profiles of political figures and rivals to succeed the Imam.
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 (folio 1).
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- 1 file (37 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 39; 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 6/69 'Affairs in the Yemen.'
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