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Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia' [44r] (87/140)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1936-1 Mar 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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TELEGRAM
No: C/1447 dated 7th September, 1936#
To: Mr. Philby, Mukalla
Prom: Acting Resident, Aden.
I have been instructed by His Majesty’s
Government to request you to withdraw your Sa’udi armed
party from the Aden Protectorate as soon as possible
and to inform you that it wouldhave been preferable
for you to have informed British authorities of your
intention to visit Protectorate before your visit
took place.
Reference your signal of 2nd September. I
appreciate that necessity took you into the Hadhramaut
but as far as I am aware necessity did not take you
and your Sa’udi armed party to Shabwa which is
definitely within the Aden Protectorate. Further the
Ahl Karab who roam the vicinity of Shabwa and whose
Chief lives there are nominally vassals of the Upper
Aulaqi Sultan (Handbook of Arabia). The recognised
Northern boundary of the Aden Protectorate from near
Dhala North eastwards is indicated by a N.K. line and
is as you state undemarcated and to a great extent
unexplored and the political status of territory south
of this line which includes Shabwa is not a matter for
discussion as it is de facto under the protection of
His Majesty’s Government. The BAL HARITH tribe
N.E. of BEIHAN AL QASAB are under the Sharif of Beihan
who is a treaty Chief, and I must request you with your
Sa’udi armed party not to enter Beihan territory
including that of the BAL HARITH unless traverse across
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This file relates to the disputed south and south-western boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It primarily concerns an expedition to southern Saudi Arabia that was undertaken by Harry St John Bridger Philby in 1936, during which Philby was reported to have entered Yemeni and British territory. Much of the correspondence discusses Philby's visit to Shabwa [Shabwa, Yemen] (reportedly with an armed Saudi party), a visit considered by the British to be an incursion into the Aden Protectorate.
The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); the Acting 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 (Morice Challoner Lake); Harry St John Bridger Philby; the Minister for Saudi Foreign Affairs [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; the Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla; the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].
In addition to correspondence the file includes Philby's own account of his visit to Shabwa, in an article published in The Times in January 1937.
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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- 1 file (68 folios)
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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 70; 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 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia'
- Pages
- 42r:42v, 44r:45v
- Author
- Philby, Harry St. John Bridger
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