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 18 of 1850, dated 3 April 1850.

The enclosed papers, dated between 18 February and 30 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. ; Captain John Parke Sanders, Senior Naval Officer, Aden; Commodore Stephen Lushington, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; and the Government of India. Also included are minutes by the Governor of Bombay, Lord Viscount Falkland [Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland].

The papers concern general updates on the state of affairs in Aden, Mocha, Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], and the Abyssinian [East African] coast, and Haines's request for the services of East India Company ships, Constance and Elphinstone for the purposes of delivering packets and protecting British trade.

Enclosure Nos. 10-11, listed in the abstract of contents as copies of the Bombay Overland Times and the Bombay Overland Telegraph and Courier dated 3 April 1850, are recorded as missing in a note dated 31 October 1906.

Extent and format

1 item (13 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.

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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 494-506

Former external reference(s)

No. 18 of 1850

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Apr 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

AdenRed Sea

People & organisations

Political Agent

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