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IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 10-23
- Record Id:
- 041-003797582
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118914430.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129828683.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 10-23
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 3 dated 2 January 1856. The enclosures are dated 10-29 December 1855.
Three letters from Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Acting Political Resident and Commandant in Aden, to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, covering the following matters:
- A general report on the state of affairs in Aden
- Intelligence from Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] and Mocha describing a serious outbreak of fighting at Mecca, apparently resulting from the proclamation (firman) by the Ottoman Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] abolishing slavery at Mecca and Jeddah and the Resident's desire to send a steam vessel to Jeddah to ascertain the seriousness of the situation
- Intelligence received from the Vice-Consul at Suez and the Consul-General in Egypt, respectively relating to the recent firman of the Porte and the reported insurrection at Mecca, and what specific edicts the Egyptian Government has made with regard to abolishing slavery in its territories.
Also included are: two Resolutions of the Board acknowledging Coghlan’s general report and the ‘urgent’ need to despatch a steamer for duty at Aden; and a letter by the Secretary to the Government of India authorising Coghlan to continue the blockade of Berbera until its objectives achieved.
- 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
040-000539332
041-003797582 - 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/5/486 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 124
IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 10-23 : Aden Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0124]/040-000539332[0002]/041-003797582
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (14 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100129828683.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 2 Jan 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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