Aden Afairs

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s 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 65 of 1843, dated 30 September 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-16, and are dated 20 July-28 September 1843.

The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of Aden including:

• Reports on relations with Arab tribes in the vicinity of Aden
• Approaches by Shaikh Shomarkie of Zeyla [Saylac, Somalia] and how to respond
• Sherriff [Sharīf] of Mocha and the conduct of the Turkish authorities at Djedda [Jeddah]
• A report by the Commander of the Company’s brig of war Tigris on his activities at Mussowah [Massawa, Eritrea] and on the Abyssinian coast.

The correspondents include 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 (Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Secretary to the Government of India; the Chief Secretary 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 Government of Bombay’s Collector of Customs.

Extent and format

1 item (49 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 62

1040 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424

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/5/424, ff 107-155

Former external reference(s)

No. 65 of 1843

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Sep 1843 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Tribal relations

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Political AgentGovernment of Bombay, Chief SecretaryGovernment of Bombay, Commissioner of Customs, Salt and Opium

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