Coll 6/85 'Arabia. Boundaries in: Interpretation of Rome Understanding of 1927.'

Content

This file relates to boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula. The file begins with a Foreign Office memorandum (and an enclosed map) dated 30 April 1934, which provides a brief recent history of disputes and agreements regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of modern-day Saudi Arabia.

The remainder of the file, which dates from 1937, contains correspondence between the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office discussing the precise extent of the Aden Protectorate. Also discussed are the respective British and Italian interpretations of the Rome Understanding of 1927. The correspondence includes a second Foreign Office memorandum dated 23 August 1937 and entitled 'The Growth of the Aden Protectorate'.

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.

Extent and format

1 file (38 folios)

It is grouped into

Map Showing Anglo-Turkish Boundaries in the Arabian Peninsula

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/2158, f 38

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2158

Former external reference(s)

Coll 6/85

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Apr 1934-27 Nov 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Foreign policyBoundariesTerritorial disputesAnglo-Italian relations

Places

Arabian PeninsulaAden Protectorate

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeColonial Office

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Coll 6/85 'Arabia. Boundaries in: Interpretation of Rome Understanding of 1927.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2158, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002b8> [accessed 24 March 2025]

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