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IOR/L/PS/5/455, ff 299-359
- Record Id:
- 041-003949944
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126466452.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100141197232.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/455, ff 299-359
- Title:
- ‘Affairs of Aden’
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosure nos. 2-13 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 19 June 1848. The enclosures are dated 6 May-6 June 1848.
Folios 302-16 are primarily focused on reports related to hostilities between the Imam of Senna [Imām of Sana’a] and the Sherriff [Sharīf] of Mocha.
Folios 317-59 contain a report by Lieutenant Charles John Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent, Aden, entitled ‘Memoir on the Western or Edoor [Dir] Tribe inhabiting the Somali Coast’, and related correspondence. The report includes a map of Somalia drawn by Lieutenant Cruttenden (IOR/L/PS/5/455, f 353).
The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; Lieutenant George William Leeds, commanding HC [Honourable Company’s] brig Tigris; and 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
040-000539301
041-003949944 - 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/5/455 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 93
IOR/L/PS/5/455, ff 299-359 : ‘Affairs of Aden’ - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/5/455, f 353 : ROUGH MAP of the SOMALI COAST Shewing THE DIVISIOS OF THE TRIBES and the COURSE OF THE WEBBISHEBEYLI AND THE WEBBI…
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- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0093]/040-000539301[0011]/041-003949944
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (61 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 19 Jun 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 52 of 1848
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Assistant Political Agent, Aden, 1839-1854
Government of India, 1834-1947
Imam of Yemen, 897-1962
Political Agent, Aden, 1839-1854
Sharif of Mocha, 1843-1849 - Subjects:
- War (concept)
- Places:
- Somali Coast, Africa
Yemen, Arabian Peninsula, Asia