Political No. 221 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter Relating to Affairs at the Port of Berbera
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Political No. 221 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter Relating to Affairs at the Port of Berbera
- Date:
- 1873/1874
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 26 December 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 20 January 1873, forwarding information relating to affairs at the port of Berbera on the east African coast. The primary document is a letter from the Assistant Resident at Aden to the Political Resident at Aden, describing his meeting with the Commander of the Egyptian Corvette Sarka, and in particular their discussions relating to inter-tribal feuds in the locality of Berbera. The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 203 of 21 November 1873 (IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 26-28a).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 267, and terminates at f 269a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 267a, f 268a, and f 269a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Tribal relations
- Geographic region:
- Berbera
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100110350862.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100110350862.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 267-269A
IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 267-269A