Abyssinia Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Abyssinia Affairs
- Date:
- 1861/1861
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-13 to dispatch no. 5 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1861. The enclosures are dated January-February 1861. Received 5 April 1861.The enclosures consist of letters from Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, Aden; the Government of Bombay; and the Government of India, concerning Abyssinia [Ethiopia] affairs.The correspondence covers: the question of suitable gifts for King Theodore [Emperor Tewodros II] in recognition of his generosity over the ransom paid for the late Walter Charles Metcalf Chichele Plowden, HM Consul in Abyssinia; the killing by the King of those responsible for Plowden's murder; and operations by the King against rebels in Tigre [Tigray].Physical description: 1 item (18 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Abyssinia
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098365369.0x000004_ar
81055/vdc_100098365369.0x000004_en
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 91-108
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 91-108