1. ‘Vol: 2 - Relative to the disgraceful treatment experienced by Lieut Dominicetti of the Marine from the Dola of Mocha and others, and to the plunder of the Company’s Factory at that place in 1817 – also Proceedings of the Expedition which was in consequence dispatched against the Town of Mocha.’

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Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the second in a series of two items on Lieutenant Dominicetti and Mocha (the other is IOR/F/4/690/18908). The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain John Richard Lumley of HMS Topaz, Senior Officer in the Red Sea; and Captain William Bruce, Government Agent.The item concerns:The punitive expedition against Mocha on account of the treatment of Lieutenant Bartholomew DominicettiAn account of the blockade and bombardment of Mocha, including a return of those killed or injured in the action (ff 264-265 and ff 316-317)The negotiations between Bruce and the new Dola [Governor] of Mocha, Ameer Futhullah el Mahdee [Amir Futhullah al-Mahdi]The treaty between the British and the Imaum of Senna [Mahdi ‘Abdullāh al-Qāsimī, Imam of Yemen] which covers: rights of British subjects in Yemen; rights of the Resident at the Factory in Mocha; duties payable by British subjects at MochaA discussion of the influence of the Ottoman Empire through the Viceroy of Egypt on YemenThe appointment of Lieutenant George Robson as Acting Resident at Mocha, and instructions to him.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 38, P.C. [Previous Communication] 61, [Season 18]23/24’ and ‘Examiner’s Office November 1821’.Physical description: The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

2. 'Trades Increase: Journal, Benjamin Green, factor'

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Abstract: Fragment of a journal kept by Benjamin Green of the sixth voyage of the East India Company ship the Trades Increase(Captain Henry Middleton). The journal starts on 15 November 1610 in Moha [Mocha] and ends at Bantam [Banten] on 22 December 1612.The journal consists of monthly entries with information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations. The journal relates different events that happened during the voyage; trade relations with the Aga of Moha and working trade relations with different Agas in the Redde [Red] Sea; information of the capture of the captain and the crew around Zenan [San’a]; sightings of other vessels, and contact with other English ships, like the Peppercorn; interaction with the native populations, and general remarks. On the last folio of the journal (f 20) there is a fragment from a play, in different handwriting.Notable places: Mecca, Medina, Yeamen [Yemen], Aden, Siam, Zenan, Moha, Succatra [Socotra], Surat, and Bantam.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

3. Aden Affairs

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Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 12 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 11 December 1856-14 January 1857.The papers comprise:A letter from Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to Government, Bombay, reporting on his successful visit to Sultan Ali Mohsin [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], the Sultan of Lahidj [Lahej, also known as Lahij, and also spelled Lahedj in this item], which he states is the first occasion that the Resident has ever proceeded inland. The account includes details of Coghlan’s party and a description of: the topography, cultivation and terrain between Aden, the village named ‘Sheikh Othman’ [Ash Shaikh Outhman], and Lahidj (also referred to by its Arabic name ‘Howtah’); watering places; the Sultan’s escort; the party’s accommodation in Lahidj; the town of Howtah, notably its population, houses and local bazaar; the Sultan’s palace and family; and the night spent on the party's return journey at the ‘Castle of Bir Mekki’, belonging to the chief of a clan of the Abdali tribe who owned territory near Lahidj. Coghlan emphasises the friendly reception they received and the Sultan’s wish for the boys of his family to be educated at the British school at Aden. The latter is concurred in by a Resolution of the Board and Governor’s minuteA letter from Coghlan to Bombay, regarding the situation in Sanaa [also known as Sanaʽa] as reported by Reverend Mr Stern, recently arrived in Aden claiming that Sanaa is in a ‘state of perfect anarchy’ and the government of the Imaum [Imam] ‘at an end’ (f 164).Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)

4. Aden Affairs

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Abstract: This item comprises one enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 5 dated 2 January 1857. The enclosure is dated 10 December 1856.The enclosure comprises a letter from Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to Government, Bombay, conveying general news, including a prospective visit to the Sultan of Lahedj [Lahej] and the arrival of the Reverend Mr Stern, of the Church Missionary Society, from Saana [Sanaa, also known as Sanaʽa], reporting the ‘state of anarchy’ in that place (f 62).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)

5. Coll 1/7 'Protectorate Tribes: Relations with HMG; Conference of Tribal Chiefs'

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Abstract: The file contains reports of the Aden Resident (George Stewart Symes, later Bernard Reilly) on the Second, Third and Fourth Lahej Conferences of the Tribal Chiefs of the Aden Protectorate (British Protected Tribes in Southern Arabia); plus copies of the opening and closing conference addresses, and correspondence with the Secretary of State for India regarding British policy.The reports on the Second Conference (ff 50-61) discuss the following: frontier intelligence and protection; tolls and public security on caravan routes; the entertainment of subordinate Chiefs and the education of their sons at Aden; suggestions for the settlement of inter-tribal disputes; border disputes with Yemen, and the military actions of the Imam of Yemen; and King Ibn Sa'ūd's control of the Government of Asir.Two dispatches from the Resident (ff 43-49) regarding the following: the settlement of tribal disputes, and the suggestion that a small council be appointed by the Chiefs for this purposes; Zeidi military demonstrations in the Beihan region, and a proposal to send Political Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Lake to conduct an investigation.The reports on the Third Conference (ff 25-42) discuss the following: the adoption of rules of procedure for the settlement of inter-tribal disputes; treaty discussions with the Imam of Yemen; and a scheme for the medical instruction of selected tribesmen. Translated draft rules of procedure are appended to the correspondence.The reports on the Fourth Conference (ff 2-24) discuss the following: the Anglo-Yemen Treaty (Treaty of San'a) of 1934; and the establishment of a college for the education of the sons of Tribal Chiefs.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained within the file by year. This is found at the end of the correspondence (folio one).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 61; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 52-60; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.