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IOR/F/4/2181/106150
- Record Id:
- 041-003475979
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611908
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098004245.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123784977.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2181/106150
- Title:
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‘Regarding the Works in progress for the defence of Aden’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; the Military Department of the Government of Bombay; and Lieutenant Colonel Grant.
The item concerns the proposed fortifications to Aden, particularly:
- The question of placing a battery at Seera Island [Sira Island]
- Constructions in Western Bay
- The battery at Munsooree [Al-Mansoura]
- Conversion of Flint Island into a coal depot, and the suitability of armament for the harbour defence
- The proposed battery on Ras Morbut [Ra's Marbut] being overlooked by an adjacent hill
- The number of extra labourers required from India, and the question of their transport to Aden.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 293/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5565’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611908
041-003475979 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2181 : Board's Collections Vol 2181 nos 106061 to 106230
IOR/F/4/2181/106150 : ‘Regarding the Works in progress for the defence of Aden’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2185]/040-001611908[0015]/041-003475979
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (77 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098004245.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 8 May 1846-10 Oct 1846
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 755, and terminates at f 831, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- There is no chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)