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IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 92-136
- Record Id:
- 041-003475155
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096795672.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110518218.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 92-136
- Title:
- British Plans for the Fortification of Aden
- Scope & Content:
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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 and development of a new city.
The item contains four sub-items as follows:
- ‘Military Survey of the Peninsula or Cape of Aden’, 1839 (f 133)
- ‘Military Survey of the Peninsula or Cape of Aden’, 1839 (f 134)
- ‘Sketch of the Arabian Coast East and West of Aden shewing the Western Bay and opposite coast of Cape St Antony’, 1839 (f 135)
- ‘General Outlines of Cape Aden’, 1839 (f 136).
The main correspondents are: Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden; Lieutenant Johnston, Commander of HCS Coote; Indian Navy officers; Lestock Robert Reid, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; Sultan Nassur ben Boobeckur [Sultan Nasir bin Abu Bakr al-‘Awlaqi]; Sheik Sallah ben Iwas Muraidee [Shaikh Salih bin Iwaz al-Muraydi]; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward M Wood, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Captain Robert Foster, Chief Engineer’s Office, Bombay.
- 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
040-000539224
041-003475155 - 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/5/378 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 16
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 92-136 : British Plans for the Fortification of Aden - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 133 : ‘MILITARY SURVEY OF THE PENINSULA OR CAPE OF ADEN ON THE COAST OF YEMEN A PROVINCE OF ARABIA FELIX’
IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 134 : ‘MILITARY SURVEY OF THE PENINSULA OR CAPE OF ADEN ON THE COAST OF YEMEN A PROVINCE OF ARABIA FELIX’
IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 135 : ‘SKETCH of the Arabian Coast East and west of ADEN shewing the Western Bay and opposite Coast of CAPE St ANTHONY’
IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 136 : ‘GENERAL OUTLINES of CAPE ADEN’
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- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0016]/040-000539224[0005]/041-003475155
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (44 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100110518218.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- 3 Jul 1839-12 Sep 1839
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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