‘Aden. Copies of treaties entered into with the Sultan of Lahedge called for by the Government of India'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Copies of treaties entered into with the Sultan of Lahedge called for by the Government of India'
- Creator:
- Author: Sultan of Lahej
- Date:
- 1838/1844
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an Extract Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation dated 31 December 1844. The contents are a continuation of enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845, which can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100072.The item consists of a letter from Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden, to the Government of Bombay, 25 November 1844. This letter contains copies of numerous bonds and a treaty made between Sultan M'Houssain Fudthel of Lahidge [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-'Abdalī, Sultan of Lahij] and Haines between 1838 and 1844, all of which relate to the transfer of Aden from Sultan M'Houssain Fudthel to the East India Company. Haines also provides a background narrative to the bonds and treaty, mentioning the blockade and storming of Aden by the British in November 1838-January 1839, as well as numerous attempts by the Sultan to recover Aden from the British 1839-1840.The item also contains instructions from the Government of Bombay to send a copy of Haines’s letter to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Coll[ection]: 20, Vol: 2, Draft 29/46’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 59’ and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 350, and terminates at f 360, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Blockades
Treaties - Geographic region:
- Aden
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100118200123.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100118200123.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2122/100073
IOR/F/4/2122/100073