'File 6/27 Foreign Interests: Sa'udi-Yemen Dispute'

Content

This file contains correspondence regarding the Saudi-Yemen War of 1934 covering its outbreak, key developments and its cessation with the Taif Treaty. The majority of this correspondence consists of updates on the war that were sent from the British Legation in Jeddah to Britain's various Political Agencies in the Gulf including the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:

• Translated extracts of articles about the war from the Saudi newspapers Umm al-Qura (folio 18) and Sawt al-Hijaz (folios 23-24)
• 'Annotated Summary of the Saudi-Yemen Peace Treaty concluded at Taif on the 6th Safar (equivalent to the 20th May 1934, but no European date is given)' (folios 47-52)
• 'Treaty of Islamic Friendship and Brotherhood, between the Saudi Arab Kingdom and the Kingdom of Yemen [The Taif Treaty]' (folios 56-68)
• 'Arbitration Covenant between the Saudi Arab Kingdom and the Kingdom of Yemen' (folios 69-76).

Extent and format

1 file (85 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 87; 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.

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/R/15/6/163

Former external reference(s)

File 6/27

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Mar 1934-26 Nov 1934 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Saudi-Yemeni War (1934)

Places

Saudi ArabiaYemen

People & organisations

British Legation to Saudi Arabia

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