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IOR/F/4/2122/100073
- Record Id:
- 041-003797076
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118200123.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121704515.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2122/100073
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Copies of treaties entered into with the Sultan of Lahedge called for by the Government of India'
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an Extract Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation dated 31 December 1844. The contents are a continuation of enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845, which can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100072.
The item consists of a letter from Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden, to the Government of Bombay, 25 November 1844. This letter contains copies of numerous bonds and a treaty made between Sultan M'Houssain Fudthel of Lahidge [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-'Abdalī, Sultan of Lahij] and Haines between 1838 and 1844, all of which relate to the transfer of Aden from Sultan M'Houssain Fudthel to the East India Company. Haines also provides a background narrative to the bonds and treaty, mentioning the blockade and storming of Aden by the British in November 1838-January 1839, as well as numerous attempts by the Sultan to recover Aden from the British 1839-1840.
The item also contains instructions from the Government of Bombay to send a copy of Haines’s letter to the Government of India.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Coll[ection]: 20, Vol: 2, Draft 29/46’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 59’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611801
041-003797076 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2122 : Board's Collections Vol 2122 nos 100051 to 100105
IOR/F/4/2122/100073 : ‘Aden. Copies of treaties entered into with the Sultan of Lahedge called for by the Government of India' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2126]/040-001611801[0002]/041-003797076
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (11 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100118200123.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1838
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 23 Jan 1838-31 Dec 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 350, and terminates at f 360, 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 papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 351), noting ‘No.’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of document’, and ‘Date & No. of Cons[ultation]’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)