‘Aden. Complaints of British Merchants at Judda.’

Title:

‘Aden. Complaints of British Merchants at Judda.’

Date:

1849/1850

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Adams, commanding the East India Company sloop of war Constance; Alexander Ogilvie, British Vice-Consul at Judda [Jeddah]; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and Khawaja Thoma Mercalachi [Khawājā Tūmā Mekalakki], a British Indian merchant at Judda.The item concerns complaints by merchants at Judda, who are British subjects, that they are being treated unjustly in the absence of the British Vice-Consul at Judda, and the investigation of Adams into these incidents, which include:Requests for excessive customs duty, contrary to treatiesRequests for additional feesThreats of violence against merchantsTheft of items from customs housesRefusal to allow the merchants to unload rum or ganja.Adams also complains of a salute from a British ship not being returned by the shore battery at Judda.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 423, and terminates at f 455 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:

Complaints (consumer affairs)
Customs duty
Vali of the Hejaz

Geographic region:

Judda

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098181330.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098181330.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2349/123832
IOR/F/4/2349/123832

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