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IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 462-466
- Record Id:
- 041-003678422
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105235137.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 462-466
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 109 of 1848, dated 16 December 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 29 November and 12 December 1848 respectively.
Enclosure No. 3 consists of a letter from the Political Agent at Aden (Stafford Bettesworth Haines) to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Arthur Malet), reporting on the state of affairs in Aden and the surrounding area, including a party of 'subies' [of the Subayhi 'tribe'] attacking the kafila [travelling party with camels] intended for Aden, capturing eleven camels and their loads and killing two men, and the action taken in response by the Sultan of Lahidge [Lahej].
Enclosure No. 4 is a minute by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by the Board, commenting on Haines's letter and instructing that a copy of it should be sent to the Governor-General of India and the Court of Directors of the East India Company.
- 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
040-000539304
041-003678422 - 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/5/458 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 462-466 : Aden Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0096]/040-000539304[0016]/041-003678422
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000004
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 16 Dec 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 109 of 1848
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatches, numbered 1-4, on folios 462-466. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)