File 3300/1916 Pt 2 'Aden News Letters:- (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1917)'

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This part mostly consists of copies of Weekly Letters and enclosures from the 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. at Aden, to the following: the Secretary to Government, Special Department, Bombay, and the Government of India in the Foreign Department (forwarded by the 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. at Aden to the Secretary of State for India for information); and the British High Commissioner, Cairo (forwarded to the Under Secretary of State for India by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs). These Weekly Letters are numbered, from number 1 of 6 January 1917, to number 12 of 31 October 1918. The file also includes 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. Minute Paper covering sheets, and printed copies of previous Weekly Letters, which were sent to the 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. as enclosures in letters from the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. A few numbers of the Weekly Letters are not included in the file.

The Weekly Letters mostly concern relations between the following: Imam Yahya [Yahya Muhammad Hamid al-Din, who took the regnal name al-Mutawakkil ala Allah]; the Idrisi of Asir; various other rulers and tribes in the Yemen; the United Kingdom; and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire].

Extent and format

1 item (310 folios)

It is part of

File 3300/1916 Pts 1-2 'Aden News Letter Jan. 1916 to Dec. 1917.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/610

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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/10/610/2

Former external reference(s)

P 3300/1916 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

22 Dec 1916-12 Dec 1918 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Government of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentHigh Commissioner, Egypt

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