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IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 146-164
- Record Id:
- 041-004061037
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100135527107.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100141978069.0x00000f
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 146-164
- Title:
- ‘Affairs of Aden’
- Scope & Content:
-
Enclosures no. 2-11 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 5 July-22 August 1844.
The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including:
- Reports that Sultan M Houssain Fudthel [Aḥmad bin Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sultan of Lahej] has ‘entirely lost the use of his limbs’ due to illness
- A visit by the brother of the Abun [Abuna] of Northern Abyssinia [Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church], and an exchange of gifts
- A visit by Sir Henry Hardinge, on his way to take up his position as Governor-General of India
- A request by the Political Agent, Aden, for approval of an increase in salary for two members of his staff, as ‘their departure from Aden would be a great loss’, and a rejection of the increase by the Government of India.
The correspondents are the Political Agent, the Abun, 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
040-000539278
041-004061037 - 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/5/432 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 70
IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 146-164 : ‘Affairs of Aden’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0070]/040-000539278[0003]/041-004061037
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (19 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100141978069.0x00000f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 24 Aug 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- No. 68 of 1844
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)