‘Aden – Affairs’

Title:

‘Aden – Affairs’

Date:

1844/1845

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, British Political Agent at Aden; Lieutenant Charles Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden. It is the second in a series of five items concerning Aden (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98226, 98228, 98229, and 98230).The item concerns British fears that the large force Sherriffe Hussain ibn Ali Hyder [Sharif Hussain bin 'Ali Haydar, Governor of Mocha] has collected at Mocha will be used to attack Aden.The majority of the item is made up of the report of Lieutenant Charles Cruttenden of his tour of the Horn of Africa, including a description of:The state of affairs at Shoa [Shewa]Zeyla [Saylac], which is experiencing civil unrestBerbera, where contentious fortifications are under constructionBurnt Island [Maydh Island]The state of the wreck of the Memnonoff Cape Guardafui, which had its copper removed and sold contrary to British injunctionsMaculla [Al Mukalla], where he inquired into a complaint by a Banian merchant that his house had been plundered.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 2’, ‘Collection No 7 of No 10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 216 and terminates at f 237, 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:

Internal politics
Visits

Geographic region:

Berbera
Aden

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100097989857.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100097989857.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2100/98227
IOR/F/4/2100/98227

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