‘Visit of Lieut’t Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, to Berbera’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Visit of Lieut’t Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, to Berbera’
- Date:
- 1848/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 13 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 24 November 1847-6 January 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a visit to Berbera by Lieutenant C J Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, with the hopes of improving relations with and between the Aial Ahmed and Aial Unus [Reer Ahmed Nur and Reer Yunis Nur, sub-clans of the Habr Awwal], and to meet with Hadi Ali Shermarkhi Saleh [Haji Shermarke Ali Saleh], Governor of Berbera and Zeyla [Zeila]. The correspondence also references efforts to end the trade in enslaved persons in the Gulf, including the seizure of a ship believed to belong to Shermarkhi. The primary correspondents are the Political Agent and Assistant Political Agent at Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slave trade
Mediation
Governor of Berbera and Zeila - Geographic region:
- Aden
Berbera - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100111228031.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100111228031.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 38-51
IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 38-51