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Aden Affairs [‎62r] (1/8)

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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 12 Mar 1860. 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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Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 9 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 2-18 February 1860. Received 5 April 1860.

The Enclosures consist of reports on Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, First Assistant Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , in charge of Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden, and Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and Commandant, Aden, dated February 1860.

The reports cover: an offer of the sale or lease by a party of tribal chiefs of certain islands that were said to contain a valuable deposit of guano; a tribal feud; telegraphic communications; and the arrival of a French corvette.

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Aden Affairs [‎62r] (1/8), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 62-65, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100078856908.0x000081> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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