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IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 108-117
- Record Id:
- 041-004066081
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139497360.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100149251877.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 108-117
- Title:
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Aden Affairs: Red Sea and Abyssinia
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee, Number 10 of 1850, dated 16 February 1850.
The enclosed papers, dated 19 December 1849 to 15 February 1850, concern affairs in Abyssinia [Ethiopia and Eritrea] and on the Red Sea coast. They consist of a letter from Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden, to the Government of Bombay, in which he forwards a report by Lieutenant Adams, Commander of the East India Company schooner, Constance. The report concerns his visits to Mussawa [Massawa], Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] and Mocha, and relays news from these places. The report, or extracts from it, are then forwarded to the Government of India, Fort William, and the British Consul General in Egypt, Charles Augustus Murray.
Adams’s report covers various matters, including:
- French relations with the ruler of Adwa and the Patriarch of Abyssinia
- Heavy duties being levied at ports along the Red Sea coast, particularly Mussawa
- The poor financial state of the Ottoman officers and troops in the region, and their efforts to raise money
- Political affairs in Yemen
- Postal routes in Yeman and surrounding region.
- 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
040-000539309
041-004066081 - 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/5/463 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 101
IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 108-117 : Aden Affairs: Red Sea and Abyssinia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0101]/040-000539309[0011]/041-004066081
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100149251877.0x000009
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 16 Feb 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 10 of 1850
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)