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Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia' [62r] (123/140)
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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SECRET.
n
No.544
THE
RESIDENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
,
ADEN. 4th November, 1936.
7
Sir,
I have the honour to submit a co^y of a letter
received from the Kin^- of the Yemen on the subject of
Mr. Philby’e recent journey to the Hadhramaut, in the course
of which it now appears that he travelled without leave
through Yemeni territory.
2. Captain Seagor, who has now returned to Aden from
his visit to San*a, reports that the King lias been both
offended and alarmed by Mr. Philby’s passage through his
country. It is well known that the King has the strongest
objection to the entry of any foreigners into any part of
the Yemen without his xrevious knowledge and permission,
and this
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
is always careful to respect his wishes
in this respect. Mr. PhiTby f s arrival within Yemeni uorders
without authority having been obtained or even sou 0 ht is
therefore both an affront to the Yemeni Government and an
embarrassment to the Aden
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, through which the
visits of British subjects to the Yemen are usually arranged.
His inconsiderate and discourteous action has b come a more
serious offence through the fact that he was accompanied
by an armed party and that he appears to have indulged in
propaganda unfriendly to Yemeni interests. These
circumstances suggest a challenge on his part to Yemeni
Sovereignty
Tin: RIGHT HONOURABLE W.G.A. ORMSBY GORE, P.C.,
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR Til. COLONIES,
DOLING STREET, S.W.l.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 12r:13v, 18r:41v, 43r:43v, 46r:52v, 56r:57v, 59r:59v, 62r:63v, 66r:69v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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