Aden Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Date:
- 1847/1906
- Description:
- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 61 of 1847, dated 19 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 29 May-12 June 1847, however the last two enclosures are noted as ‘Missing 30.10.1906’.The primary document is a letter from Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, to Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, reporting on the state of affairs in Aden, notably that the tribes in the vicinity are ‘at peace’ and the country is ‘tranquil’; and that the towns of Suakin and Mussowah [Massawa] are under the government of the Viceroy of Egypt who is paying the Ottoman Porte 20,000 German Crowns annually for them.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-6, on folio 220. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure. There is a note on the abstract stating that enclosures 5 and 6, extracts of Bombay intelligence and newspapers, are ‘Missing 30.10.1906’.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Aden
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000010_ar
81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000010_en
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 219-222
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 219-222