Yemen, Zeila and Tadjoura Affairs

Content

This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 10 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 21 January to 26 February 1841.

The enclosures mainly consist of copies of correspondence relating to events in Aden, Mocha (also spelled Mokha in this item), Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], Zeila (also spelled Zeyla), and Tadjoura (also spelled Tajoura and Tedjoura).

The main correspondent is the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines). Letters from Haines to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. (John Pollard Willoughby) also include enclosed letters from the following: the Imaum of Senna [Imam of Sanaa], Said Mahomed [Al-Hadi Muhammad]; Lieutenant-Colonel G Wilson, Commanding the troops at Aden; and Charles Tilstone Beke.

The enclosures relate to matters including:

• The postponement of the modification of the Treaty with the Chief of Zeila by Haines, due to the unsettled state of affairs at Mocha
• The minerals and soil of Tadjoura
• Haines having requested the services of the East India Company’s brig of war Euphrates and schooner of war Constance
• Captain H Stiles, the Bazaar Master, having been shot at by a Bedouin of the Yahmany [Yemeni] division of the Abdali tribe outside the Field Works at Aden, while riding out with several other officers beyond the prescribed limits
• The sanction of the Governor-General of India in Council to the appointment of Mr J Hatchatoor as British Agent at Tadjoura, on a salary of 300 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per month.

Extent and format

1 item (37 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 30

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/392

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-9, on folios 1-2. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of each enclosure.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

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/5/392, ff 1A-30

Former external reference(s)

No. 10 of 1841

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Feb 1841 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

TreatiesWarshipsRecruitment

Places

MochaAdenTadjouraHodeidaZeila

People & organisations

British AgentPolitical AgentImam of Yemen

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