Enclosures nos. 3-13 to dispatch no. 5 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1861. The enclosures are dated January-February 1861. Received 5 April 1861. The enclosures consist of letters from Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, Aden; the Governmen...
Enclosures nos. 3-4 to dispatch no. 16 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 April 1861. The enclosures are dated 2-25 March 1861. Received 24 May 1861. The first enclosure is a letter from the Solicitor to Government, Bombay, advising the Government of Bombay not to proceed with ...
Enclosures nos. 3-10 to dispatch no. 9 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 April 1861. The enclosures are dated 2 February to 3 April 1861. Received 6 May 1861. The enclosures consist of intelligence reports on Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Residen...
Enclosures nos. 3-4 to dispatch no. 17 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 11 May 1861. The enclosures are dated 17 April 1861. Received 5 June 1861. The enclosures consist of intelligence reports on Aden and its vicinity, and Abyssinia [Ethiopia], by Captain Robert Lambert Playfai...
Enclosures nos. 3-6 to dispatch no. 22 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 June 1861. The enclosures are dated 27 May-18 June 1861. No date of receipt. The enclosures consist of intelligence reports on the Red Sea region by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Re...
Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 26 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 June 1860. The Enclosure is dated 17 May 1860. The Enclosure consists of a report on Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, in charge of Residency, Aden. The report covers: t...
Enclosures nos. 3-4 to dispatch no. 15 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 April 1861. The enclosures are dated 2 April 1861. Received 20 May 1861. The enclosures consist of intelligence reports on Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Polit...
Correspondence relating to the Italian Occupation of Assab Bay.
Scope & Content:
A memorandum in which correspondence and official reports are reproduced to give an account of the events, rumours and denials surrounding Italian interest in the area of the Somali coast around the Bay of Assab and the islands lying nearby; assurances are sought and received from the Italian Gov...
Enclosure no. 3 to dispatch no. 3 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 February 1861. The enclosure is dated 1861. Received 8 March 1861. The enclosure consists of a letter from Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, Aden, concerning operations by King The...
The file contains an introduction by Major-General Sir George John Younghusband, Political Resident, Aden, introducing two memoranda written by Lieutenant Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident, Aden. They are addressed to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Political Department, i...