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 16 of 1850, dated 16 March 1850.

The enclosed papers, dated between 13 June 1849 and 13 March 1850, concern affairs in Aden and the Red Sea. They comprise correspondence between Stafford Bettesworth Haines, 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. , 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. ; Charles Murray, British Consul General in Egypt; Second Lieutenant H W B Bell, Acting Executive Engineer, Aden; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Waddington, Commanding Engineer, Aden; and the Military Board, Bombay. Also included are minutes by the Governor of Bombay, Lord Viscount Falkland [Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland].

Several matters are covered by the papers, including:

• Assurances from the Ottoman Government regarding the enforcement of the conditions set out in the recent Anglo-Ottoman commercial treaty [Treaty of Balta Liman, 1838] at Red Sea ports under Ottoman jurisdiction
• The plans and proposal for a new treasury and guard room at Aden, to replace the current one that is in disrepair
• General updates on the state of affairs in the Aden Settlement and Protectorate.

Enclosure Nos. 17-18, listed in the abstract of contents as copies of the Bombay Overland Times and the Bombay Overland Telegraph and Courier dated 16 March 1850, are recorded as missing in a note dated 31 October 1906.

Extent and format

1 item (33 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 101

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/463

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/5/463, ff 460-492

Former external reference(s)

No. 16 of 1850

History of this record

Date(s)

16 Mar 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Treaties

Places

AdenRed Sea

People & organisations

Political Agent

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