‘Aden. Compensation to the Jews residing at – for the removal of their Houses – Mr Plowden a traveller in Abyssinia – Vol: 4’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Compensation to the Jews residing at – for the removal of their Houses – Mr Plowden a traveller in Abyssinia – Vol: 4’
- Date:
- 1846/1847
- 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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; the Government of India; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; and Charles Augustus Murray, HM Agent and Consul General, Egypt. It is the fourth in a series of four items concerning Aden.The item concerns:The compensation to be given to those whose houses in the ‘Jews Town’ part of Aden are to be demolished to make way for a road, including a list of houses, their value, and their owner, on folio 348Money to be given to Walter Plowden to allow him and the envoy from Ras Ali [Ras Ali II of Yejju] to reach Cairo, and then England, bringing presents from Ras Ali to Queen Victoria.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 13’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 344, and terminates at f 355, 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:
- Demolitions
Compensation
Diplomats
Road construction
Walter Chichele Plowden
Ras of Begemder - Geographic region:
- Aden
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098571933.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098571933.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2203/108124
IOR/F/4/2203/108124