This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 10 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 29 December 1856-13 January 1857. The papers comprise: A letter from Brigadier William Ma...
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 50 of 1858, dated 7 May 1858. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 31 March 1858. The papers relate to affairs in Judda [Jeddah], includi...
Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 3 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 9 February 1860. The Enclosure is dated 25 November 1859. Received 6 March 1860. The Enclosure consists of despatches from James McAdam Hyslop, Officiating Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, to HBM's Ambassador a...
Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 6 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 23 February 1860. The Enclosure is dated 16 December 1859. Received 21 March 1860. The Enclosure consists of a despatch from James McAdam Hyslop, Officiating Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, to HBM's Ambassador...
Enclosures Nos. 3-5 and 7-8 of Despatch No. 13 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 4 October 1859-15 February 1860. Received 30 April 1860. The Enclosures include a report by Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated ...
Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 19 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 9 May 1860. The Enclosure is dated 14 March 1860. Received 13 June 1860. The Enclosure contains a despatch from James McAdam Hyslop, Officiating Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, to HBM's Ambassador at Constant...
Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 24 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 7 June 1860. The Enclosures are dated 13 April-30 May 1860. Received 12 July 1860. The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, concer...
‘Sketch delineative of the ROUTES OF SLAVE-CARAVANS through Abyssinia to the shores of ARABIA.’
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This sketch map shows the routes of ‘slave caravans’ [caravans of enslaved people] through Abyssinia [the Ethiopian Empire] to the shores of Arabia, specifically to Mocha, Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] and Loheia [Al Luhayyah]. The routes are indicated by red lines, and the sketch map also includes the ...
Plan of the Summit of Marbut shewing the Houses and Forts recommended
Scope & Content:
A sketch plan of the summit of Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbut] with separate drawings of three elevation details (A, B and C). The plan shows the locations of the dwellings of various British Government and army officers and three sections labelled: ‘A. Battery & Tower about to be erected as th...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee, Number 80 of 1842, dated 14 July 1842. The enclosed papers, dated between May 1841 and July 1842, comprise minutes, correspondence and reports, and r...