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IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 617-671
- Record Id:
- 041-004061059
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100135547966.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100141978069.0x000006
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 617-671
- Title:
- ‘Affairs of Aden’
- Scope & Content:
-
Enclosure nos. 2-22 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 28 September 1844. The enclosures are dated 9 August-28 September 1844.
The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden including:
- Reports that an army led by the Imam of Sana [Sana’a] is marching in the direction of Aden and has reached as far as Kattobah [Qa’tabah], but has been forced to return to Sana by news of ‘disturbances’
- Defensive measures taken at Aden in case the Imam had hostile intentions towards it
- Reported disturbances in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] due to the cessation of Ottoman payments to various tribal chiefs, and concerns of an adverse effect on British trade at Judda [Jeddah]
- A complaint by Moolla Jaffer bin Moolla Abool [Mullā Ja’far bin Mullā Abūl] that he was recalled to Bombay [Mumbai] from his position as Native Assistant and Interpreter at the Political Agency, Aden, while sick and without opportunity to settle his personal affairs
- A visit by Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough, on his return journey to England after having served as Governor-General of India.
The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, commanding the troops at Aden; the Imam of Sana; Moolla Jaffer; 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
041-004061059 - 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 617-671 : ‘Affairs of Aden’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0070]/040-000539278[0013]/041-004061059
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (55 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100141978069.0x000006
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 28 Sep 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 79 of 1844
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)