Aden Affairs

IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576

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The record is made up of 1 item (50 folios). It was created in May 1839. 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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Copies of correspondence and minutes relating to affairs in Aden subsequent to the capture of the port by the British in January 1839.

The papers notably cover:

Report (ff 529-550) of Captain Robert Foster, Engineers, Military Department, dated 16 April 1839, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward M Wood, Military Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], comprising: detailed plan for the fortification, development and settlement of Aden, including defences against attacks from the interior of Yemen and by sea; location of gun batteries and cantonments; plans for a new town; and promotion of trade and commerce
An analysis of Captain Foster's report, by Major J P Lester, Artillery, and Major [C?] Waddington, Engineer (ff 561-572)
Plan to convey the three captured large brass Turkish guns on HMS Wellesley to Trincomalee for onward transport to England and presentation to Queen Victoria
Establishing a boundary between Egyptian possessions in Yemen and British interests in the Cape of Aden
Location and forwarding of the Sultan of Aden’s colours (flag) captured at his palace, for transport to Bombay and onwards to England.

The principal correspondents are: Foster; John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Thomas Herbert Maddock, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.

There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosure in Bombay Secret Letters No. 68, dated 18th May 1839, is missing from this collection’.

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1 item (50 folios)

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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/375

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The papers are not in chronological order.

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English in Latin script

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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/5/375, ff 526-576
Date(s): May 1839 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Urban planningFortificationsBoundariesWar seizures
Places: Aden
People & organisations: Government of BombayGovernment of Bombay, Military Department

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576
Title: Aden Affairs
Pages: 526r:526v, 527ar:527av, 527r:576v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence