Aden Affairs: Red Sea and Abyssinia

Title:

Aden Affairs: Red Sea and Abyssinia

Date:

1850/1850

Description:

Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee, Number 10 of 1850, dated 16 February 1850.The enclosed papers, dated 19 December 1849 to 15 February 1850, concern affairs in Abyssinia [Ethiopia and Eritrea] and on the Red Sea coast. They consist of a letter from Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden, to the Government of Bombay, in which he forwards a report by Lieutenant Adams, Commander of the East India Company schooner, Constance. The report concerns his visits to Mussawa [Massawa], Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] and Mocha, and relays news from these places. The report, or extracts from it, are then forwarded to the Government of India, Fort William, and the British Consul General in Egypt, Charles Augustus Murray.Adams’s report covers various matters, including:French relations with the ruler of Adwa and the Patriarch of AbyssiniaHeavy duties being levied at ports along the Red Sea coast, particularly MussawaThe poor financial state of the Ottoman officers and troops in the region, and their efforts to raise moneyPolitical affairs in YemenPostal routes in Yeman and surrounding region.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Political affairs
Customs administration

Geographic region:

Abyssinia
Red Sea

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100149251877.0x000009_ar
81055/vdc_100149251877.0x000009_en
IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 108-117
IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 108-117

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