'[Letter] from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla'
'[Letter] from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla'
'[Letter] from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla'
This note on the effects of the Arab rising on Aden and its hinterland, with special reference to the possible action of the Turks, was forwarded from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident in Aden, William C Walton, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. It discusses the arrangement of an uprising of Arabs against the Turks by the Sherif of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], and outlines the possible effects that a rising could have on the British position in Aden and its Hinterland.1 file (2 folios)This file consists of a single document.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 49, and terminates at f 50, 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.