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IOR/F/4/2203/108124
- Record Id:
- 041-003476586
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611992
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098571933.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125146192.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2203/108124
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Compensation to the Jews residing at – for the removal of their Houses – Mr Plowden a traveller in Abyssinia – Vol: 4’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; the Government of India; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; and Charles Augustus Murray, HM Agent and Consul General, Egypt. It is the fourth in a series of four items concerning Aden.
The item concerns:
- The compensation to be given to those whose houses in the ‘Jews Town’ part of Aden are to be demolished to make way for a road, including a list of houses, their value, and their owner, on folio 348
- Money to be given to Walter Plowden to allow him and the envoy from Ras Ali [Ras Ali II of Yejju] to reach Cairo, and then England, bringing presents from Ras Ali to Queen Victoria.
The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 13’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611992
041-003476586 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2203 : Board's Collections Vol 2203 nos 108111 to 108176
IOR/F/4/2203/108124 : ‘Aden. Compensation to the Jews residing at – for the removal of their Houses – Mr Plowden a traveller in Abyssinia… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2207]/040-001611992[0005]/041-003476586
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098571933.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 15 Jul 1846-15 Mar 1847
- 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 344, and terminates at f 355, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
HM Ambassador to Egypt, 1786-
Plowden, Walter Chichele, diplomat, 1820-1860
Political Agent, Aden, 1839-1854
Ras of Begemder, c 1460-1853 - Subjects:
- Compensation
Demolitions
Diplomats
Road construction - Places:
- Aden, Arabian Peninsula
