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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language English Place Aden, Arabian Peninsula

1. IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950
Title:
News-Letters, 1839
Scope & Content:
Newsletters sent out by the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India containing compiled summaries of reports from British officials and military officers in various parts of South Asia and the Middle East. Each newsletter is divided into headings, most of which refer to the place a re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1839-20 Dec 1839
Extent:
1 item (376 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 251-259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 251-259
Title:
Claims of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning the claims of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden, part of the territory of the Akrabee [Akrabi] tribe. The papers cover: summary of relations between Lahej, the Akrabi tribe, and the British Government; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1871-17 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 3-104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 3-104
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copy correspondence, minutes and resolutions of the Bombay [Mumbai] Council, and other documents relating to arrangements for the civil government and administration, and strengthening of the military fortifications, of Aden by the British following their capture of the port ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (101 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 323-373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 323-373
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to British administration of Aden subsequent to its capture by the British in January 1839, chiefly instructions from the Government of India to Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden. The papers mainly concern: Arrangem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1839-7 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (50 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and minutes relating to affairs in Aden subsequent to the capture of the port by the British in January 1839. The papers notably cover: Report (ff 529-550) of Captain Robert Foster, Engineers, Military Department, dated 16 April 1839, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Ed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1839
Extent:
1 item (50 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 222-261

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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 222-261
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Folios 223-240 chiefly comprise correspondence and minutes of senior legal, financial and administrative officials of the Government in Bombay [Mumbai], and the Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. The main subjects covered are: The legality of sending convicts to Ad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1839-4 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (40 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444
Title:
Proceedings and Dispatches, Aden 1839
Scope & Content:
The item consists primarily of correspondence with notes, reports and memoranda dated between 10 July and 2 September 1839; it relates to Aden during the first month after its capture by the British. The papers cover the following: a request for weights and measures at the Custom House at Aden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1839-2 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (138 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 92-136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 92-136
Title:
British Plans for the Fortification of Aden
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to affairs in Aden following the capture and occupation of the city by British forces, 19 January 1839. They notably cover the following: strengthening of port defences against piracy; control of traffic; vessels and cargo in the port; plans for the extension of fortifications an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1839-12 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (44 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 137-185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 137-185
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to affairs in Aden following the capture of the city by the British, 19 January 1839. They notably cover: Communications between Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden, and Sultan Mahomed Houssain Fudthel [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-'Abdalī, Sultan of La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1839-30 Oct 1839
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 323-392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 323-392
Title:
Affairs in Aden
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 124 of 1839, dated 22 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee relating to affairs in Aden, covering the following topics: The policy the Political Agent at Aden should adopt in h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 item (70 folios)