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British Intelligence on Yemen, c. 1880–1967 |
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Hrsg. v. Penelope Tuson |
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Inhalt :: Content Online-Service mit Zugang zu einer Sammlung von Handbüchern, Geheimberichten und sonstigen nachrichtendienstlichen sowie administrativ-politischen Materialien zur Geschichte Jemens und der britischen Präsenz in Aden. Enthalten sind Übersichtstexte, geographische und administrative Handbücher, geheimhaltungsgekennzeichnete Reports, Korrespondenz und andere Quellen, die britische Sichtweisen, Politik und Geheimdiensttätigkeit gegenüber jemenitischen Regionen widerspiegeln. Die Sammlung ergänzt die Sammlung "British Intelligence on Yemen, c. 1880–1948" und führt die Dokumentation bis zur Dekolonialisierungsperiode fort. Abgedeckter Zeitraum: 1880–1967. |
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Verlag :: Publisher Brill Academic Publishers |
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Das Angebot richtet sich nicht an Verbraucher i. S. d. § 13 BGB und Letztverbraucher i. S. d. PAngV. |
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2950-4996 Bestellnummer bei digento :: digento order number 10883305 |
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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information The Republic of Yemen occupies an increasingly important position in the geopolitical and economic landscape of the Arabian Peninsula and in the wider context of Middle Eastern and international relations. Formed in 1990 by the unification of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, the modern state extends from the strategically significant southern ports and islands of the Red Sea, through the coastal plains, mountains and cultivated highlands of south-western Arabia, to the deserts of the great Rub‘ al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, and the oil fields of south-eastern Arabia. ‘Two Yemens’ Before the unification, ‘two Yemens’ co-existed uneasily side by side, separated by uncertain boundaries and widely different political systems. The British, settled in Aden since 1839, were determined to extend their influence into the outlying areas of the Aden hinterland. British rule was consolidated when Aden became a colony in 1937 and was further extended by the development of a specific Protectorate administration, with its Secretariat in Aden and with British Protectorate officials in local posts in the Western and Eastern Aden Protectorates. Anglo-Yemeni relations had been consolidated in the 1930s, after long and tortuous negotiations, with the conclusion of the Treaty of Sana’a in 1934. From the outbreak of the Second World War, however, the British became increasingly concerned by the influence in Yemen of other European powers, notably Italy. Between 1940 and the British withdrawal from southern Arabia in 1967, British officials attempted to consolidate power and influence in their own sphere of administration while at the same time gather information about and maintain good relations with independent Yemen. The Aden Archives The Aden archives (now part of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections in the British Library) are the records of successive British administrations in Aden between 1839 and the British withdrawal in 1967. They are a unique source of information on international activities in the area and on local politics and social and commercial developments. The items reproduced in this collection consist of Secret, Top Secret, and Confidential documents, printed and typescript reports and handbooks, maps, memoranda and intelligence reports. Oil Concessions Subjects covered include negotiations on boundaries and oil concessions, with original treaties and concession agreements as well as secret internal British government policy documents. Following the first major Anglo-Turkish boundary negotiations before the First World War, there are reports, maps, agreements and diplomatic correspondence continuing through the 1930s when the struggle for oil concessions in the Arabian Peninsula became the dominant economic and diplomatic issue of the region. At the same time local British officials reported regularly on the shifting balance of power in south-west Arabia and on the conflicting interests of Sayyid Idrisi of Asir, the Imam of Yemen and the Saudi King ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Al Sa‘ud, culminating in the Saudi absorption of Asir in 1930 and the Treaty of Taif in 1934. Subsequent negotiations on the delineation of boundaries between independent Yemen, the Aden Protectorate and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are all described in the files. In addition, the regular reports of travellers and envoys provide wide-ranging and unique information on topography, social, tribal and religious life and major personalities in the entire region. |
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