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IOR/L/PS/5/413, ff 370-387
- Record Id:
- 041-003469226
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100090074263.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129648765.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/413, ff 370-387
- Title:
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Affairs in Aden
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 114 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842. The enclosures are dated 26 September to 15 October 1842, and consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and the surrounding area, including Mocha.
The correspondence is mainly between the following: the Political Agent at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; and the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General (Thomas Herbert Maddock). There is also a letter from Haines to the Secretary to the Secret Committee.
The correspondence discusses British relations with local rulers, including Sultan M’Houssain Fudthel of Lahidge [Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sultan of Lahej], whom Haines reports had issued an order prohibiting supplies of grass being sent to the town of Aden. The correspondence also concerns the restoration of the stipend formerly received by the Foudthelee Chief [the Fadhli Sultan, Aḥmad bin Abdullāh al-Faḍlī] from the British Government.
- 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
040-000539259
041-003469226 - 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/5/413 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 51
IOR/L/PS/5/413, ff 370-387 : Affairs in Aden - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0051]/040-000539259[0006]/041-003469226
- 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_100129648765.0x000007
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1842
- End Date:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- 15 Oct 1842
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 114 of 1842
- Arrangement:
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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-8, on folios 370-372. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)