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IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 56-64
- Record Id:
- 041-003948715
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124954676.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154581908.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 56-64
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 96 of 1846, dated 26 August 1846. The enclosures are dated 12-15 August 1846.
The papers relate to the progress made up to 29 July 1846 on the principal works of defence in the course of construction at Aden. They comprise: a letter from the Military Board to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, forwarding memoranda (ff 59-63) from Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer at Aden, and his two assistants, on the current state of the works; and a letter from the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, transmitting a copy of the Military Board’s letter to the Secretary to the Government of India.
- 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
040-000539291
041-003948715 - 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/5/445 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 83
IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 56-64 : Aden Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0083]/040-000539291[0006]/041-003948715
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (9 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100154581908.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 26 Aug 1846
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 96 of 1846
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Executive Engineer, Aden, Mid 19th century
Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
Government of Bombay, Military Board, 1786-1858 - Subjects:
- Building construction
Fortifications - Places:
- Aden, Arabian Peninsula
