Coll 6/61 'The Yemen: Relations between H.M.G. and the Imam.' [62r] (125/507)
The record is made up of 1 file (251 folios). It was created in 30 Jan 1934-4 May 1942. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
^EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
P . / . i
5203 I
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> i\ugust 24, 1934.
Section 1.
[E 5401/22/91] No. 1.
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.—(Received August 24.)
Sir, Colonial Office, August 23, 1934.
I AM directed by Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister to refer to the letter
from this Department of the 23rd March enclosing a copy of a report by the
Resident at Aden on his mission to Sanaa for the purpose of concluding a treaty
with the King of the Yemen.
2. As a result of correspondence with your Department and the Resident
at Aden, it has been decided that the last sentence of the note on the Anglo-
Yemeni boundary, which forms the last annexure to the Resident’s report, should
be deleted and the following sentence substituted :—
“ Beyond this point the boundary, as laid down in the Anglo-Turkish
Convention of the 9th March, 1914, respecting the boundaries of Aden and
of Ottoman territory in Southern Arabia, is a line running north-eastwards
into the Ruba-al-Kliali (‘ the Empty Quarter ’) at an angle of 45 degrees.”
3. The note on the Anglo-Yemeni boundary as now settled, therefore, reads
as follows :—
“ Article 3 of the treaty stabilises, pending a final decision, the actual
frontier existing on the 11th February, 1934, the date of the signature of the
treaty. This is as follows :—
“ From approximately Husn Murad to the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bana it is identical
with the old demarcated Anglo-Turkish boundary as shown on official maps
of the Aden Protectorate. From the demarcated point on the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bana,
eastwards, it follows tribal boundaries which have never been demarcated
in detail on the ground, and which the inaccuracy of existing maps makes
it impossible to define precisely on paper, but which are known to the tribes
concerned. These are the northern and eastern boundary of the Upper Yafa
tribe, excluding Rubeiatein, the boundaries between the Upper Yafa, Lower
Yafa and Fadhli tribes and Beidha, the north-western and northern boundary
of the Audhali tribe, the western boundary of the Aulaqi tribe, and the
western and north-western boundary of Beihan, including the Masabi
country. Beyond this point the boundary, as laid down in the Anglo-Turkish
Convention of the 9th March, 1914, respecting the boundaries of Aden and
of Ottoman territory in Southern Arabia, is a line running north-eastwards
into the Ruba-al-Kliali (‘ the Empty Quarter ') at an angle of 45 degrees.”
I am, &c.
H. R. COWELL
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This file concerns Anglo-Yemeni relations. Consisting largely of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence, it documents negotiations leading up to the conclusion of the Treaty of Sana'a between Britain and Yemen (signed on 11 February 1934 and ratified on 4 September 1934), and continues to discuss Anglo-Yemeni relations thereafter.
Much of the correspondence following the ratification of the treaty relates to the existing frontier between Yemen and the Aden Protectorate; it includes discussion of article three of the Anglo-Yemeni treaty, which refers to the future settlement of the frontier.
Related matters that feature in the correspondence include:
- The appointment in May 1934 of Captain Basil William Seager as Frontier Officer in the Aden Protectorate, as recommended 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. , Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly).
- Discussion regarding the extent of Italian influence in Yemen.
- The Imam of Yemen's [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn's] claim to certain districts on the British side of the Yemen-Aden Protectorate frontier.
- Details of two meetings in London, held in September and October 1937 respectively, between the Imam of Yemen's son, Prince Hussein [al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā bin Ḥamīd al-Dīn], and George Rendel of the Foreign Office, regarding Anglo-Yemeni relations, with particular reference to article three of the aforementioned treaty.
- The reported presence of Axis nationals (Italians and Germans) in Yemen in 1942.
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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. , Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, and later, Hugh Stonehewer Bird); His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the British Minister of State, Cairo; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and 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. .
In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:
- Copies of political intelligence summaries from Aden.
- Copies of the English text of the aforementioned treaty.
- A certificate of registration for the treaty (in French and English), dated 4 February 1935 and issued by the Secretary General of the League of Nations.
Whilst the file contains material ranging in date from 1934 to 1942, the vast majority of the material dates from 1934 to 1935.
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 2).
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- 1 file (251 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 252; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 160-187, and ff 202-208; these numbers are printed, and are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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