‘Affairs at Aden’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Affairs at Aden’
- Date:
- 1852/1852
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 3 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 12-27 January 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the arrival from Berbera of the East India Company ship Mahiwith reports of an attack by the Hebrowul [Habr Awwal] tribe on a fort belonging to Shumarkhi [Ḥājjī Sharmārkī ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ], former Governor of Berbera, and that his followers were allowed to evacuate unharmed. The item also mentions the gift of a horse received by the Political Agent, Aden, from Ali M Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], Sultan of Lahidge [Lahej].The primary correspondents are the Political Agent and the Commander of the Mahi.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Territorial disputes
Gifts
Governor of Berbera and Zeila
Sultan of Lahej - Geographic region:
- Berbera
Aden - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100132261712.0x00000e_ar
81055/vdc_100132261712.0x00000e_en
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 170-179
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 170-179