Aden Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Aden Affairs
- Date:
- 1848/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 98 of 1848, dated 15 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 14 October to 10 November 1848. The enclosures consist of correspondence, and minutes by officials of the Government of Bombay. They concern the state of affairs in Aden, mostly the case of two European soldiers of the Madras [Chennai] Artillery who had deserted and fled from Aden to Mocha.The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Agent at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Arthur Malet); the Senior Naval Officer at Aden (Captain William Lowe); Lieutenant G N Adams of the Indian Navy, commanding the East India Company ship Tigris; and Major C Clemons, commanding the Aden Field Force.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatches, numbered 1-10, on folios 201-202. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military desertions
- Geographic region:
- Mocha
Aden - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000d_ar
81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000d_en
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 200-220
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 200-220