'[Letter] from Brigadier-General C H U Price, Political Resident, Aden, to the Political Department, Bombay'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- '[Letter] from Brigadier-General C H U Price, Political Resident, Aden, to the Political Department, Bombay'
- Contributor:
- Political Resident, Aden (correspondent)
First Assistant Resident, Aden (correspondent) - Date:
- 1916/1916
- Description:
- This file contains a letter from Brigadier-General Charles Henry Uvedale Price, the Political Resident at Aden, in which he forwards a report of a visit to the Idrisi Saiyid Muhammad ibn Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad at Jezan by Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob.The report, dated 17 January 1916, covers the various topics which were discussed by Jacob and the Idrisi during their meeting, including:Southern Red Sea patrol policy;trade with Jeddah;Idrisi and foreign trade;kerosine oil;port clearances to Idrisi dhows;supplies to Turks;firing on HMS Lanka's boats;Idrisi's animus against Turks;Idrisi military movements;Turkish deserters;Idrisi's political movements;Hashid Wa Bakil;Imam Yahya;Sherif of Mecca;Senussi;Saiyad Mestafa;Idrisi's person;sheiks [shaikhs];honours to Idrisi.The report includes the 'Policy for His Majesty's Ships in the Southern Red Sea Patrol', dated 27 Jan 1916.1 file (4 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 36, and terminates at f 39, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Protectorates
Sailing vessels - Extent:
- 1 file (4 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000257_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000257_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B229 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers