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Coll 6/65 'Relations between Saudi-Arabia and the Yemen.' [235r] (469/917)
The record is made up of 1 file (457 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1934-27 Jan 1938. 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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KEIOBT of XTlirS IK CCHKBCSICB HU '1H > OCOOIaTIC® OF
HODEIIU BY & JJDI i-OHCSS.
May 6th.
At 0620 H.M.3. I^NTKRPRISE aecured in Aden Harbour,
and took in water, petrol, paraffin, provisions and 921 tone
of oil fuel.
to gain information in accordance with the inetructione
contained in Admiralty Message 1246 of 6th May 1934. At the
meeting the Officer Commanding, R.A.P., Group Captain
C.F.A. Portal D.S.O. ,M.C., and the Chief of Police,
Haslim were also present.
3. During the course of the interview the Resident
gave me the policy of H.M.Government and said that he had also
informed merchants at Aden having interests up the coast of
this policy.
4. As regards the present situation, the Resident
said that, as far as he could ascertain, progress by the
Saudis was entirely confined to the sea coast provinces, fhe
high ground round S&da and Sana was copied by the Zeidis
who were the Imam’s own eople and loyal to him. The coast
peoples were really subject tribes of the Zeidis and
therefore had no particular love for them hence the Saudi
successes on the coast. Since he had failed to make much
impression on the high ground Ibn Saud was obviously goijjg
slow in his advance south for fear of flank attack, and to
secure his communicati ons. The Resident had not thought that
the Yemeni would give up Hodieda so easily, but the action of
the Governor in leaving had made the garrison lose
Saudis had come so far south, but he was sure that Ibn Saud
would not have done so had he not been pretty eertain of
himself. However there was the possibility of counter attack
by the Yemeni from the Manakha direction and in the remote
chance of this being successful and the Yemeni gaining the
upper hand, there would again be danger to British lives
and pro^eriy in Hodeida.
5. The Resident feared no invasion of Aden Territory
by Yemeni, but there was a possibility that if Saudi troops
got as far south as Mocha, Perim might be ovei*whelmed with
refugees. Perim had 30 police but no pilgrim quarters like
Kamaran. The Perim Administrator had been instructed to act
as best he could.
6. As far as the Resident knew, at Kamaran there were
600 refugees and 200 of the Yemeni forces who had been
interned, of these 6 were officers. The Resident was anxious
that the internees at Kamaran and the 40 armed police, now
in H.M.S. PKKZAHCM, should be sent to Aden in the first ship
proceeding to Aden on her normal trip. The Resident requested
At 0916 I landed for an interview with the Resident
confidence. The Governor in this case had been one of the
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This file concerns Saudi-Yemeni relations, beginning with the final weeks of hostilities between the two countries before going on to cover peace negotiations and the reoccupation of Hodeidah (also transliterated as Hodeida) by the Yemeni authorities, following the gradual withdrawal of Saudi troops.
Related matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:
- The situation at Hodeidah, as reported by the Commanding Officer of HMS Penzance .
- Arrangements for the simultaneous withdrawal of foreign warships from Hodeidah.
- The progress of Saudi-Yemeni treaty negotiations, and the wording of the resulting Treaty of Taif, concluded between Saudi Arabia and Yemen on 20 May 1934, and ratified on 22 June 1934.
- Costs recovered from the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] by the British for the internment of Yemeni soldiers in Aden during the Saudi-Yemeni conflict.
- Details of other costs incurred by the British during the Saudi-Yemeni War, as calculated by 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 [Bernard Rawdon Reilly], and discussion as to whether any part of these expenses should be borne by Government of India revenues.
- The reported presence of members of the Idrisi [al-Idrīsī] family in Mecca.
In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:
- Extracts from Aden, Bahrain, and Kuwait political intelligence summaries.
- Copies of an English translation of the Treaty of Taif.
- A copy of an English translation of the Treaty between King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī], signed on 31 August 1920.
- Copies of extracts from reports from the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops, as well as copies of reports from the commanding officers of HMS Penzance and HMS Enterprise respectively.
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon); the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops; the Commander of HMS Penzance ; His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (James Eric Drummond); the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Yemen; officials of the Colonial Office, 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 Foreign Office, the Admiralty.
Although the file includes material dating from 1934 to 1938, most of the material dates from 1934. The French material consists of three telegrams addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by Yemen's Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).
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- 1 file (457 folios)
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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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 458; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/65 'Relations between Saudi-Arabia and the Yemen.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:28v, 30r:35v, 41r:43v, 45r:70v, 92r:113r, 115r:130v, 132r:154v, 156r:180v, 182r:200v, 202r:210v, 212r:280v, 283r:287v, 291r:292v, 294r:307r, 308r:322v, 324r:338v, 341r:349v, 351r:365v, 368r:381v, 383r:442v, 445r:447v, 450r:455v, 458r:458v, back
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