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Coll 6/7(1) 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Imam.' [‎117r] (244/782)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (387 folios). It was created in Jan 1906-16 Jun 1932. It was written in English and French. 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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definitely preferable that all r efere-nce - ho -thesis lands
should he omitted.
IT ¥AS AGREED that it -was desirable to omit
reference to the islands of the Yemen in
the treaty.
TED CKAlKvuilT said that the next point was what
words should he substituted for the term ‘'original rights"
in the latter part of Article III.
HR. REND EL said that while it was clear that we
could not accept any phrase in the treaty which might
imply an admission that the Imam possessed any "rights"
in the Protectorate, it was equally clear that the Imam
attached considerable importance to the use of the word
"rights". The Foreign Office Legal ,\dvisers had therefore
suggested that the words -'rights claimed" should he used*
which might satisfy the Imam* hut would give us adequate
protection. Further * it was desirable that we should
make it clear that the proposed treaty was without prejudice
to our own rights and claims, more especially as regards
treaty relations with frontier tribes etc. 3 and incidentally
as regards our position in Kumaran. The Foreign Office
therefore suggested the following wording:-
"It being understood that nothing contained in this
article 3 or in other articles of the present
Treaty, is to he taken os meaning that either High
Contracting Party renounces the rights claimed by
him in those regions".
This wording would have the further advantage of
suggesting that the treaty was being concluded in conditions
of complete reciprocity ? which should help to
save the Imam’s
face.
CAPTAIN CUNNINGHAM agreed that this safeguarded
the British claims; and that it would, in terms, place the

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This volume concerns relations between the British Government and Imam Yehia bin Muhammad Hamid Uddin [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen]. It largely consists of correspondence between 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. at Aden (Sir George Stewart Symes, succeeded by Bernard Rawdon Reilly) and officials of 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. , the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office. Also included are copies of correspondence between 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. and the Imam.

The correspondence includes the following subject matter:

  • The Imam's wish to conclude a treaty between Yemen and Britain, and British objections to some of the Imam's terms for a proposed treaty, such as the Imam's demand for the recognition of his sovereignty over the tribes of the Aden Protectorate.
  • The Imam's refusal to accept the boundaries of the Aden Protectorate, as laid down between Britain and the Ottoman Empire before the First World War.
  • The possibility of sending a British official representative to visit the Imam, with the objective of establishing a 'clearer understanding of each other's policy and aims'.
  • Discussion as to how the British should respond to reports that the Imam's troops have occupied Al 'Ain [Am ‘Ayn] (a group of villages in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Beihan [Wādī Bayḩān] region, deemed by the British to be part of the Aden Protectorate), with a threat of aerial bombardment being among the considered options.
  • Discussion of matters that the British may wish to raise in treaty negotiations with the Imam, including the evacuation of the Imam's troops from the districts of Audhali and Sanah [Sanāh, near Qa‘ţabah], and the Sultan of Upper Yafa's claim to Rube'aten.

Also included in the volume are the following:

The French material in the volume consists of one letter. Most of the material in this volume covers the period 1931-1932; however, the volume also includes several maps dating from an earlier period, of which the earliest is dated 1906.

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (387 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this volume commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 383; 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. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 253-382 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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