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IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 170-179
- Record Id:
- 041-003708021
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108807066.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100132261712.0x00000e
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 170-179
- Title:
- ‘Affairs at Aden’
- Scope & Content:
-
Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 3 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 12-27 January 1852.
The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the arrival from Berbera of the East India Company ship Mahi with reports of an attack by the Hebrowul [Habr Awwal] tribe on a fort belonging to Shumarkhi [Ḥājjī Sharmārkī ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ], former Governor of Berbera, and that his followers were allowed to evacuate unharmed. The item also mentions the gift of a horse received by the Political Agent, Aden, from Ali M Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], Sultan of Lahidge [Lahej].
The primary correspondents are the Political Agent and the Commander of the Mahi.
- 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
040-000539318
041-003708021 - 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/5/472 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 110
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 170-179 : ‘Affairs at Aden’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0110]/040-000539318[0016]/041-003708021
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100132261712.0x00000e
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 3 Feb 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Governor of Berbera and Zeila, 1841-1861
Political Agent, Aden, 1839-1854
Sultan of Lahej, 1728-1967 - Subjects:
- Gifts
Territorial disputes - Places:
- Aden, Arabian Peninsula
Berbera, Africa
