‘Affairs of Aden’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Affairs of Aden’
- Date:
- 1844/1844
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-11 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 5 July-22 August 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including:Reports that Sultan M Houssain Fudthel [Aḥmad bin Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sultan of Lahej] has ‘entirely lost the use of his limbs’ due to illnessA visit by the brother of the Abun [Abuna] of Northern Abyssinia [Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church], and an exchange of giftsA visit by Sir Henry Hardinge, on his way to take up his position as Governor-General of IndiaA request by the Political Agent, Aden, for approval of an increase in salary for two members of his staff, as ‘their departure from Aden would be a great loss’, and a rejection of the increase by the Government of India.The correspondents are the Political Agent, the Abun, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (19 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Visits
Wages
Personnel
Illness
Sultan of Lahej - Geographic region:
- Aden
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100141978069.0x00000f_ar
81055/vdc_100141978069.0x00000f_en
IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 146-164
IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 146-164