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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Sep 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The letter relates to the whereabouts of a Soor [Ṣūr] inhabitant charged with kidnapping a Somali girl, and believed to have moved to Aden in Yemen. Anderson requests Coghlan’s assistance in tracing and apprehending the man.

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English in Latin script
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British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 181-182

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12 Sep 1856 (CE, Gregorian)

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Copy of letter no.4309 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 181-182, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x000042> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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