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The record is made up of 1 item (89 folios). It was created in 11 Sep 1854. 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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This part of the volume consists of copies 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 51 of 1854, dated 11 September 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-8 and are dated 10 August to 11 September 1854.
The enclosures contain correspondence between 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. , Aden and the Secretary to Government, Bombay, concerning the policy to be pursued towards the Arab ‘chiefs’ in the vicinity of Aden.
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Aden Affairs [391r] (1/180), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 391-480, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100094519637.0x0000ba> [accessed 16 July 2026]
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- IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 391-480
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- Aden Affairs
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- 391r:480v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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