Affairs in Aden
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Affairs in Aden
- Date:
- 1840/1840
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-11 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 29 February 1840. The enclosures are dated 6 November 1839-28 February 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including:The perceived continued threat from the Abdalee [Abdali] and Fouthelee [Fadhli] tribes after their attack on Aden on 11 November 1839Reports of an offer made by Mahomed Alli Pasha [Muhammad Ali, Wali of Egypt] to the Imaum of Sennaa [An-Nasir, Abdallah, Imam of Yemen] to ‘drive the English from Aden’The abdication of M Housein Fudthel [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-'Abdalī] as Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej] in favour of his son Hamed M Houssain Fudthel [Aḥmad bin Muḥsin al-'Abdalī].The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; the Government of India; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Native Agent, Mocha; the successive Sultans of Lahedge; and various officers serving at Aden.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 585, and terminates at f 623, 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Defence
Wāli of Egypt and Sudan
Imam of Yemen - Geographic region:
- Aden
Lahedge
Fadhli Sultanate - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100111230835.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100111230835.0x000005_en
IOR/L/PS/5/381, ff 585-623
IOR/L/PS/5/381, ff 585-623