Claims of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden

IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 251-259

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The record is made up of 1 item (9 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1871-17 Oct 1871. 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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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning the claims of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden, part of the territory of the Akrabee [Akrabi] tribe.

The papers cover: summary of relations between Lahej, the Akrabi tribe, and the British Government; the question of the payment of compensation to the Sultan of Lahej for expenditure incurred by him in coercing the Akrabi tribe in 1850, following the murder of an English seaman; the question of the formal recognition by the Government of India of the independence of the Akrabi tribe; and the agreement of the Government of India to a proposal to give $2500 as a present to the Sultan of Lahej.

The main correspondent is the 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. at Aden.

The Enclosures are dated 15 August to 30 September 1871. The Enclosures also contain copies of correspondence dated 1850-51 from 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. , Aden.

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There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 251, numbered 1-6.

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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/L/PS/5/268, ff 251-259
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Political No. 168 of 1871

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15 Aug 1871-17 Oct 1871 (CE, Gregorian)

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