‘Regarding the Works in progress for the defence of Aden’

Title:

‘Regarding the Works in progress for the defence of Aden’

Date:

1846/1846

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; the Military Department of the Government of Bombay; and Lieutenant Colonel Grant.The item concerns the proposed fortifications to Aden, particularly:The question of placing a battery at Seera Island [Sira Island]Constructions in Western BayThe battery at Munsooree [Al-Mansoura]Conversion of Flint Island into a coal depot, and the suitability of armament for the harbour defenceThe proposed battery on Ras Morbut [Ra's Marbut] being overlooked by an adjacent hillThe number of extra labourers required from India, and the question of their transport to Aden.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 293/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5565’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 755, and terminates at f 831, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military engineering
Transport
Budgets
Fortifications

Geographic region:

Aden

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098004245.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004245.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2181/106150
IOR/F/4/2181/106150

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