Aden Affairs

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This item comprises 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. [Mumbai] 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 63 of 1847, dated 3 July 1847. The enclosures are dated 16 June-2 July 1847.

The primary document is a letter from Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and 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. at Aden, to Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, relating to:

• An attack on the Aden Kafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. (camel train, caravan) and Haines’s complaint to the Sultan of Lahidj [Lahej] to control his subjects, although the latter claims he has no power or money to do so
• The concerns of Baniyan [ Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. or Bania Merchant of Indian extraction. ] merchants at Aden about the lack of vessels arriving from Mocha lately, and Haines’s intention to send a schooner to investigate the towns on the lower Red Sea, namely Mocha, Loheia [Al Luhayyah] and Hodeida [Al Hudaydah].

Extent and format

1 item (7 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 88

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/450

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-6, on folios 224. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure.

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/5/450, ff 223-229

Former external reference(s)

No. 63 of 1847

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Jul 1847 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Coffee tradeTribal relations

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Political Agent

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