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File 3086/1915 Pt 5 'Arabia: Red Sea – Trade during German War' [33r] (70/958)
The record is made up of 1 volume (475 folios). It was created in May 5 1915-18 Sept 1919. 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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hides and coIXee may be driven to add their dhows to
the number oX those which aiauggle arms.
(8) Apart Xrom all questions oX the justice aiid
eXXiciency oX the iiieasores proposed, it seems a ppreat
pity recklessly to throw away the enormous prestige
hq enjoy in that part oX the world at present as the
•dowla* which was powerful enough to tell the Turks to
r > o 9 and yet took nothing Xor itselX. Things clone in
a remote corner of Arabia very soon form an ingredient
in ou • general reputation all over i% and there are
enough possibilities ot trouble there in the near
future, Xor the goodwill even of the Idrlssi and his
half naked \rabs to be worth something. XX the thing
has to be done at all some of the sting woull be taken
away if there were some outward evidence of interest
ana consideration Xor the I<nisei s point of view. As
things have been done it will appear to those aflected
that there is not only coirolete indiXXerence to all
local interests but couplete unconsciousness that
any local considerations exist.
(9) if the 3.N.Q. were left to devise what measures
be thought best with the local authorities - giving the
conditional facilities which would be withdrawn in case
of non-fulfilment of the conditions - local interests
would be enlisted on our side instead of against us
and the legitraate trader would not be driven into an
illegitimate trade. Where properly constituted
authority is in suspense - !• e. between hohipya and
Perim • the adoption of the fonoula *No proper control,
no trade* 1 , would be an inducement to the native® to
set it up.
(Ugd) N. . Clayton.
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the blockade of trade in the Red Sea during the First World War.
The discussion in the volume relates to:
- Export of grain to Eritrea: removal of limit on Sudanese exports
- Restriction on navigators of Italian sambuks between Aden and Somaliland
- Red Sea blockade: trade in oil with Jeizan (Idrisi fort)
- Export of hides from Hejaz
- Colonel Wilson instructed to support French request for exemption from prohibition
- Red Sea blockade: further representations from the Italian Government
- Italian allegations as to contraband traffic with Jibouti
- The blockade: Italian complaints of restrictions on dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. traffic
- Correspondence with Italian Consul at Aden
- Status of the Hejaz: question of declaring it to be territory in friendly occupation under Trading with Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation 1915
- Resumption of trade with the Hejaz
- Government of India concur in proposed authorisation
- Representation of Messrs Whitworth of Manchester, regarding the restriction of exports from Aden to the Red Sea
- The southern patrol: inadequate supervision over French and Italian dhows. The Foreign Office address the French Government but prefer not to raise question with Italy. The Resident at Aden suggests representatives to French and Italian governments.
- Trade with Jibuti and the question of whether restrictions should be imposed at Aden.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (475 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3086 (German War: Arabia/Arabia: Red Sea Islands/Arabia: Arms for Sayyid Idrissi) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/558-563. The volumes are divided into nine parts, with part 1 comprising the first volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, parts 3-4 comprising the third volume, part 5 comprising the fourth volume, parts 6-7 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 8-9 comprising the sixth volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 477; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 3086/1915 Pt 5 'Arabia: Red Sea – Trade during German War'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:28v, 30r:63v, 66r:66v, 69r:100v, 101v:324v, 326r:326v, 329r:345v, 348r:348v, 351r:384v, 386r:476v, back-i
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