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IOR/L/PS/5/382, ff 562-693
- Record Id:
- 041-003949990
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126854837.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152132028.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/382, ff 562-693
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 20 of 1840, dated 30 April 1840. The enclosures are dated 28 February-30 April 1840.
The papers relate to:
- The use of stones from ruined mosques or shrines on the plain of Aden for military construction by the British
- Disputes between the Arab tribes arising from the British occupation of Aden in 1839 and resistance to that occupation.
Correspondents include: the Political Agent at Aden; the Chief Secretary to Government; the Adjutant General of the Army; and the Military Board, Government of Bombay.
On folio 563 a note in black ink states ‘Enclosures in Bombay Secret Letter No. 19, dated 30th April 1840 are missing from this Collection.’
- 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
040-000539228
041-003949990 - 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/5/382 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, VOL 20
IOR/L/PS/5/382, ff 562-693 : Aden Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0020]/040-000539228[0005]/041-003949990
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (132 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152132028.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 30 Apr 1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 20 of 1840
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)