Red Sea Affairs

IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 37-61

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The record is made up of 1 item (25 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. 8 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 13 February-12 March 1860. Received 5 April 1860.

The Enclosures include a report by 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, on his tour of the Red Sea aboard HM Steam Frigate Auckland . The report covers Perim, Mussowah [Massawa, Eritrea], and Dissee Island, and is principally concerned with French influence in the area. The Enclosures also include a minute concerning the report by the Governor of Bombay, Lord Elphinstone.

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Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 142

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 37-61
Former external reference(s): No. 8
Date(s): 12 Mar 1860 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: ToursColonial policy
Places: Red Sea
People & organisations: Political Resident, Aden

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 37-61
Title: Red Sea Affairs
Pages: 37r:61v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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