The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 15 Dec 1846. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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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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. 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 150 of 1846, dated 15 December 1846. One enclosure is dated 2 December 1846 and the other is undated.
The enclosures relate to the apparent ‘mutual understanding’ being formed between the Arab tribes adjacent to Aden, including the following:
- The reports by Captain 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, to 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 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. , London, that a peaceable settlement between and with the Arab tribes would remove all ‘obstructions’ between Aden and the interior
- The purported offer of the Sultan of Lahidge [Sulṭān Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sulṭān of Lahej] to pay a stipend (generated by his stipend from the British) to the Foutheli Sultan [Sulṭān Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh al-Faḍlī] in return for the latter not sending supplies to Aden
- The fear by the Abdali inhabitants of Aden that the Fouthelis will mount a retaliatory attack, following the recent Abdali attack on the Foutheli kafilah A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. [caravan carrying supplies]
- A letter to Haines from the Sultan of Lahidge blaming the Sayud Ismail [Sayyid Ismā‘īl] for influencing his hostility towards the British at Aden (f 452)
- Haines’s uncertainty of an agreement materialising until the Sultan of Lahidge comes to Aden, after the Eyed [Eid] festival and reports whether the Foutheli have accepted his offer.
The principal correspondents are Haines and 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. .
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- IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 447-454
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