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Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 26 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 June 1860. The Enclosure is dated 17 May 1860.
The Enclosure consists of a report on Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, 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.
The report covers: the arrival in Aden of two chiefs of the Sherjehi tribe, who wished to cultivate the friendship of the British, and the connivance of the Turkish [Ottoman] authorities in the Yemen at the continuance of the slave trade in the region.
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Aden Affairs [335v] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 335-336, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100078856911.0x00004c> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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