Aden Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Date:
- 1861/1861
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-4 to dispatch no. 15 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 April 1861. The enclosures are dated 2 April 1861. Received 20 May 1861.The enclosures consist of intelligence reports on Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, in charge of the Residency, Aden.The report on Abyssinia covers: a report that Theodore [Emperor Tewodros II] was now de facto ruler of Tigre [Tigray], as well as the rest of Abyssinia; and the need to monitor French naval activity in the Red Sea. The report on Aden refers to complaints of oppression by the Ottoman Governor of Yemen.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political intelligence
- Geographic region:
- Aden
Abyssinia - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098365369.0x00000d_ar
81055/vdc_100098365369.0x00000d_en
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 168-171
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 168-171