Aden Affairs

Content

The item is comprised of manuscript copies of secret letters and despatches concerning British relations with Arab tribes in the hinterland of Aden and discussion of contingencies in the event of armed intervention by the British. Topics discussed include:

• The adoption of a policy of retaliation by British forces for offences against British forces
• The use of HCS Elphinstone to deploy troops
• The plan of attack formulated by 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 in conjunction with George Percy Badger, Chaplain at Aden
• Relations with the Sultan of Lahej, the Fadlis and the Abdali.

The principal correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel W M Coghlan, 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 and H L Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay [Mumbai].

Extent and format

1 item (26 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY V 121'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/483

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/5/483, ff 12-37

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Dec 1854-2 Jan 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military operations

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Sultan of LahejPolitical Resident

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