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IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 469-507
- Record Id:
- 041-004251995
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145659178.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 469-507
- Title:
- Affairs in Aden
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 48 of 1847, dated 11 May 1847. The enclosures are dated 5 April to 8 May 1847 and contain correspondence relating to affairs in Aden.
Papers comprise correspondence from the Political Agent at Aden addressed to the Government of Bombay regarding: recent disturbances in Lahedge [Lahej]; the issue of a report on the forts of principal ports surrounding Aden; and the submission of a report on drainage in and damage to the ‘Native’ town of Aden during the storm of May 1846.
Folio 493 comprises a line drawn map laid out with a grid, latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates, and scale, lacking a key, showing the Ras Hafoon [Raʾs Hafun] island and bridge linked to the north-eastern coast of Somalia, Africa.
- 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
040-000539294
041-004251995 - 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/5/448 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 86
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 469-507 : Affairs in Aden - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/5/448, f 493 : ‘Ras Hafoon, African Coast’
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- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0086]/040-000539294[0018]/041-004251995
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (38 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 11 May 1847
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- No. 48 of 1847
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)