Aden, Mocha, and Tajoura Affairs

Title:

Aden, Mocha, and Tajoura Affairs

Date:

1841/1841

Description:

Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 6 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 31 October 1840 to 28 January 1841.The enclosures mainly consist of copies of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay and the Political Agent at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines), and between the Government of Bombay and the Secretary to the Government of India. They mostly relate to Aden and Mocha.Matters discussed in the enclosures include: the situation in Aden, Mocha, and the interior of Yemen; the seizure by the authorities at Mocha of the property of Abdool Russool bin Mahomed Ali Suffer [Abdul Rasool bin Mohammed Ali Safar], the Native Agent at Mocha; the decision to abolish the position of Native Agent at Mocha; and the appointment of a British Agent at Tajoura [Tadjoura, also spelled as Tedjoura, Tadjoura and Tedjourah in this item].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-30, on folios 74-81. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Aden
Mocha

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100080366299.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100080366299.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/5/391, ff 73-161
IOR/L/PS/5/391, ff 73-161

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