Abdol Rauh Yaccob
Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University, Brunei
Darussalam
Abstract
Since
the reappearance of the Ottomans in Sana’a from 1872, rivalry against the
British in and around Aden began. This on-going rivalry ended after the
boundary settlement of 1902-1904 which freed the British from further Ottoman
intervention in the Aden Protectorate. This event contributed to the change of
British policy of intervention in the internal affairs of the Arab to the
non-intervention policy of 1906. The Ottomans too benefited from the boundary
settlement. This settlement encouraged the Ottomans to settle their dispute
with the Zaydis and in 1911 they concluded the Treaty of Da‘an recognizing the
authority of the Zaydis in the north of Yemen. This article, firstly, will
trace the imperial rivalries which took place between the British and the Ottomans
in South West Arabia since the opening of Suez Canal which had increased the
significance of the Red Sea and its surroundings. Secondly, to examine how the
imperial settlement came into being and to evaluate the similarities faced by
both imperial powers in dealing with the internal affairs of the Yemenis.
Keywords:
Ottomans, British, rivalry, settlement, Yemen
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