Aden and Red Sea Affairs

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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 84 of 1842, dated 18 July 1842.

The enclosed papers comprise minutes, correspondence, and memoranda, and concern affairs in Aden and the Red Sea. The correspondence is principally between Stafford Bettesworth Haines, the 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; Lieutenant-Colonel Stratford Powell, Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay; Captain Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy; 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.

Several matters are covered by the papers, including:

• Affairs within the Aden Settlement and Protectorate, including relations with the tribes in the hinterland
• The status of military forces at Aden and the need to strengthen fortifications
• Affairs at Mussowah [Massawa], Tedjoura [Tadjoura], and Mocha, including the plan to depose the Ruler of Mocha by the Ottomans, with British assistance
• Turkish non-observance of the obligations of the commercial treaty between the Ottomans and the British [Treaty of Balta Liman, 1838] at various Red Sea ports.

Extent and format

1 item (61 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 48

1258 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/410

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/5/410, ff 431-491

Former external reference(s)

No. 84 of 1842

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Jul 1842 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Political affairs

Places

AdenRed Sea

People & organisations

Political AgentSuperintendent of the Indian Navy

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