Abyssinia Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 91-108
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The record is made up of 1 item (18 folios). It was created in 12 Mar 1861. 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. 3-13 to dispatch no. 5 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1861. The enclosures are dated January-February 1861. Received 5 April 1861.
The enclosures consist of letters from 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. , Aden; 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. ; and the Government of India, concerning Abyssinia [Ethiopia] affairs.
The correspondence covers: the question of suitable gifts for King Theodore [Emperor Tewodros II] in recognition of his generosity over the ransom paid for the late Walter Charles Metcalf Chichele Plowden, HM Consul in Abyssinia; the killing by the King of those responsible for Plowden's murder; and operations by the King against rebels in Tigre [Tigray].
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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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- No. 5
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- 12 Mar 1861 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 91-108
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- Abyssinia Affairs
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- 91r:108v
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