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IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576
- Record Id:
- 041-003677624
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104084778.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110385087.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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Copies of correspondence and minutes relating to affairs in Aden subsequent to the capture of the port by the British in January 1839.
The papers notably cover:
- Report (ff 529-550) of Captain Robert Foster, Engineers, Military Department, dated 16 April 1839, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward M Wood, Military Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], comprising: detailed plan for the fortification, development and settlement of Aden, including defences against attacks from the interior of Yemen and by sea; location of gun batteries and cantonments; plans for a new town; and promotion of trade and commerce
- An analysis of Captain Foster's report, by Major J P Lester, Artillery, and Major [C?] Waddington, Engineer (ff 561-572)
- Plan to convey the three captured large brass Turkish guns on HMS Wellesley to Trincomalee for onward transport to England and presentation to Queen Victoria
- Establishing a boundary between Egyptian possessions in Yemen and British interests in the Cape of Aden
- Location and forwarding of the Sultan of Aden’s colours (flag) captured at his palace, for transport to Bombay and onwards to England.
The principal correspondents are: Foster; John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Thomas Herbert Maddock, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.
There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosure in Bombay Secret Letters No. 68, dated 18th May 1839, is missing from this collection’.
- 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
040-000539221
041-003677624 - 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/5/375 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576 : Aden Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0013]/040-000539221[0011]/041-003677624
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (50 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100110385087.0x000009
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- May 1839
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Arrangement:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)