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Coll 6/7(1) 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Imam.' [‎283r] (576/782)

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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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Copy of a Letter dated £5th August, 1931, from Lieutenant
Colonel B.R 0 Reilly, British Resident, Aden, (now on leave)
to the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office,
commenting on the Acting Resident T s letter dated
5th August, 1931. (Reference M.E* (0) 17)„
25th August, 1931.
Sir,
In reply to your letter 89276/31 dated 21 August, 1931,
I have the honour to submit my observations on Major
Wight-wick’s secret despatch of the 5th of August regarding
the Zeidi encroachment into the A1’Ain region.
The first point for decision is the puestion whether
the A1’Ain district can properly be regarded as being
within the Aden Protectorate. The boundary of the
Protectorate has never been defined in this area, p.bout
which little accurate information has been available until
recently. Colonel Lake’s visit to Beihan early in the
present year and aerial reconnaissances have now gi\en as
clearer knowledge of the local conditions and the geogiaphy
of the district. The only Chief in it with whom we have a
Protectorate treaty is the Sherif of Beihan, and the question
to be decided is whether our obligations to this Chief involve
the protection of the Masa’bi territory, and, if so, whether
the outlying Masa’bi villages of A1’Ain should be protected.
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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)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

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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