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IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 91-108
- Record Id:
- 041-003463383
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086497317.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098365369.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 91-108
- Title:
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Abyssinia Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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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 Government of Bombay; and the Government of India, concerning Abyssinia [Ethiopia] affairs.
The correspondence covers: the question of suitable gifts for King Theodore [Emperor Tewodros II] in recognition of his generosity over the ransom paid for the late Walter Charles Metcalf Chichele Plowden, HM Consul in Abyssinia; the killing by the King of those responsible for Plowden's murder; and operations by the King against rebels in Tigre [Tigray].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539352
041-003463383 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/506 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 144
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 91-108 : Abyssinia Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0144]/040-000539352[0005]/041-003463383
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (18 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098365369.0x000004
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1861
- End Date:
- 1861
- Date Range:
- 12 Mar 1861
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- No. 5
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)