Coll 6/85 'Arabia. Boundaries in: Interpretation of Rome Understanding of 1927.' [26r] (51/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1934-27 Nov 1937. 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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also for th« pro tec tion of th« delimitation of the frontier
between the Yaffal and the Yemen, Bfim the Bane Elver north-
eaat to the desert.
(35) On Urn ttlut April ^ir h, O'Oonor reported
the eignoture of the procle-v . which, after reciting
the boundary a a far as the fTadl dana, defined on the signed
maps, stated, as regards the frontier beyond the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bans,
that it was generally in a line north-east from hmJimet-es-Shah
to the desert; that the whole of the Aulakl and all districta
of the Yaffai (Including Rubeaten, Eawa, and Dabianl) lying
to the south ana east of t e line to the desert belonged
to the nine tribes.
(33) In ordv r to place offieially on record the*
settlement which h'ld been arrived at, gir $• 0 # 0onor proposed
despatch i-o. 396 a of the 10th aune) an exchange of notes,
to which were to be attached copies of the asps showlt g the
frontier as finally traced by the . oint Co» dftelsn, and of
th * groccs-verbal exchanged at Sheikh Said between the two
Cora; si sal one ra.
134 a map of the frontier delimitation is attached,
al Staff go. 2184).
(36) XB tv»« 9f_ certain <Um«Ultte. which arose on
t, c Burki ah aide it wea rati fy the boundary
arrangement but merely to eoepare the naps at His~^?ryeaty *s
imbaasy at Const anti no pie with those in possession of the
Ottoman Ministry of itar.
It Is to be observed that there was a divergence
of opinion In regard to the territory belonging to one of
the nine canton© of the Aden tribes - that of the Subaihli
the Ottoman com-ia loner olai^d here as part of the Ytsimn
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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.
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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 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.
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- Coll 6/85 'Arabia. Boundaries in: Interpretation of Rome Understanding of 1927.'
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