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529. File 869/1904 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa & Aden'
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- Abstract: This volume is the first of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The several correspondents include officials at the Foreign Office, the India Office and the Admiralty in London, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station and the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, the Political Resident and the First Assistant Resident at Aden, and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. Included in the correspondence between officials are: a petition from the people of Zeyla [Zeila] to the Deputy Commissioner of British Somaliland in 1905, representations made by British Indian merchants to the Political Agent at Muscat in 1903, a witness statement made by an Arab boat captain to the Harbour Police at Aden in 1905, and an arms traffic intelligence report received from a Reuter’s agent in about 1903. There are a few nineteenth century enclosures to the correspondence between officials, including two letters written in 1891, from Ras Makunan [Makonnen] the Governor of Harrar [Harar, Ethiopia], to the Political Agent and Consul for the Somali Coast.The volume contains a small amount of correspondence in French, in the form of an exchange of notes between the French Minister and the British and Italian Ambassadors in Paris and London, 1905-1906, as well as a copy in French of the Arms Traffic Agreement between France, Italy and Great Britain that was signed in London on 13 December 1906. The diplomatic correspondence also includes an English translation of a document entitled ‘Instructions for the Suppression of the Traffic in Arms in Somaliland’, compiled in about 1904 by the Italian Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Italian Minister of Marine.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 288; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 67-85, and ff 97-169; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
530. File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden'
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- Abstract: This volume is the second of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The volume contains copies of ‘The Somaliland Registration of Vessels Regulations, 1904’ and the ‘Aden Sea-traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902’. There is substantial correspondence about amending the 1902 regulation, together with revised drafts made in 1907 and 1908. Correspondents are officials at the Foreign Office, the India Office and the Admiralty in London and the British Ambassador at Paris, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station, the Commander and Senior Naval Officer for the Persian Gulf Division, the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, the Political Resident and the First Assistant Resident at Aden, the Political Agent at Muscat and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. Included in the correspondence are English translations of several letters sent and received by Sultan Ahmed Fadthl, The Abdali of Yemen (also referred to as the Abdali Sultan) in 1905 and 1907, and also by Said Faisal the Sultan of Oman in 1907.The volume contains a small amount of correspondence in French, in the form of a letter from the Italian Consul at Aden to the First Assistant Resident at Aden in 1906 and a letter from the French Consul at Muscat to the Political Agent at Muscat in 1907. The diplomatic correspondence also includes several English translations of notes from the Italian Ambassador and the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at London, to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1907 and 1908.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 264; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the leading and ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 145-264 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
531. File 869/1904 Pt 3 'Arms traffic: Red Sea, Africa and Aden'
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- Abstract: This volume is the third of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The main correspondents are ministers and officials at the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Colonial Office and the Admiralty in London, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station, the Commander and Senior Naval Officer for the Persian Gulf Division, the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, the Political Resident and the First Assistant Resident at Aden, and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. The correspondence includes naval reports about the British blockade of the Warsangli coast [Somalia] in 1908 and Aden sea patrols in 1911; the ‘Agreement between the United Kingdom, France, and Italy respecting the importation of arms and ammunition into Abyssinia signed at London, December 13, 1906’ as published in 1907; ‘The Aden Arms (Sea Traffic) Regulation, 1910’; and sample forms used for the identification and regulation of dhows and other vessels in the ports of British Somaliland, Aden and Zanzibar. There is also a small amount of diplomatic correspondence, mainly from the French and Italian Ambassadors at London to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. This correspondence includes sample forms in Italian, together with revised instructions in French that were drafted jointly by the French and Italian Governments, for the enforcement of arms traffic controls in their respective protectorates of French Somaliland, Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
532. Houses at the foot of mountains, probably Aden
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:View of several colonial buildings at the foot of mountains, probably at Aden. This unfinished pencil sketch may depict Haines’ first residence in Crater.A cross or flagstaff on the lowest peak at upper centre may provide additional clues as to its location.Inscriptions:Verso, in pencil, upper left: ‘WD3483’Temporal Context:This sketch was probably made between January 1939, when Stafford Bettesworth Haines seized Aden, and 1854, when he was recalled to Bombay to face embezzlement and fraud charges, during which time Haines administered Aden.Physical description: Dimensions:302 x 453 mmMaterials:Pencil on paperCondition:Heavy surface dirt coats the recto and verso, especially at edges. The paper is heavily cracked and torn at all edges, but has been stabilised by conservators.
533. Wilmington: Journal
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- Abstract: 'The Journal of a Voyage by God's Permission in the Ship Wilmington from the Port of London, to Mocha & Bombay and Other Places and Parts in the East Indies commenced ye 23rd Sep:br 1736 at Deptford Cpn Mr Charles Massey Commander. Rec. 12th May 1739' and 'The Diary of the Most Material Transactions Signals and Passages during my Commandoreship over the Marine Squadron belonging to the Hon:ble East India Company at Bombay'. The first journal records the following (dates are those of arrival):The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (6 October 1736), the Downs (2 November 1736), Praia (3 January 1736/37), Table Bay (13 March 1736/37), Joanna [Anjouan] (3 May 1737), Aden (5 June 1737) and Bombay [Mumbai] (2 July 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Bombay to Mangalore [Mangaluru] (16 October 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Mangalore to Garia [Girye] (9 November 1737), Dabull [Dābhol] (11 November 1737), Dunde Rogi Pore [?] (13 November 1737) and Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (9 December 1737)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Gombroon to Bombay (26 January 1737/38)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Bombay to Tellecherry [Thalassery] (6 March 1737/38), Cochin [Kochi] (10 April 1738), Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (15 April 1738), Sadrassapatam [Sadras] (4 May 1738) and Madras [Chennai] (4 May 1738)The daily entries made during the ship's voyage from Madras to St Helena (27 November 1738), the Downs (8 April 1739), Westcott Bay (12 April 1739), Sheerness Point (17 April 1739) and Poorfleet [Purfleet] (18 April 1739).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds, Courses, and Calendar Date, weather conditions and other observations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and other observations, and all dates are given in both old and new style.The second diary records the most material transactions, signals and passages during Captain Massey's command over the East India Company's Marine Squadron based at Bombay. The diary contains further observations on the ship's passage from Bombay to Mangalore, Annanore [Kannur], Dunde Rogi Pore, Gombroon, Bombay and Tellicherry.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 241; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 155-225, which have not been digitised.
534. The Journal of the Ship Phoenixby Captain William Moffat Esq
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- Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship Phoenixby Captain William Moffat Esq from 24 February 1800 to 24 July 1802. The journal contains:A ‘List of Ships Company Phœnix 6th Voyage 1800’ (ff 2 and 3)Lists of Troops belonging to His Majesty’s Regiments, Women and Children accompanying the Detachments, and Recruits belonging to different Regiments in India (ff 2-3 and ff 4-6)List of Private Passengers for India embarked on board at Portsmouth (f 3), Lists of Invalids embarked on board for Bombay, those embarked on board for England (ff 6-7), and List of Discharged Soldiers received on board at St Helena (f 7)The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (23 March 1800), Beachy Head (7 May 1800), Mother Bank (8 May 1800), Torbay [Tor Bay] (25 May 1800), the Lizard (29 May 1800), Saint Anthony [Ilha de Santo Antão] (24 June 1800), Table Bay (6 September 1800), Island of Apaluria (20 October 1800), Great Nicobar (1 November 1800), Car Nicobar (5 November 1800), Little Andaman (7 November 1800), South Channel (22 November 1800), Kedgiree [Khejuri] (25 November 1800), Culpi [Kulpi] (6 December 1800) and Diamond Harbour (7 December 1800)The daily entries for the voyage from Diamond Harbour to Culpee [Kulpi] (7 January 1801), Saugor [Sagar] (9 January 1801), Point Palmiras (15 February 1801), Trincomalie [Trincomalee] (24 February 1801), Point de Galle (27 February 1801), Columbo [Colombo] (5 March 1801), Cape Cormorin [Kanyakumari] (7 March 1801), Calicut [Kozhikode] (14 March 1801), Mangalore [Mangaluru] (18 March 1801), Pigeon Island [Netrani Island] (22 March 1801), Goa (26 March 1801) and Bombay [Mumbai] (2 April 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Cape Gardafui [Guardafui] (11 July 1801), Mount Felix (13 July 1801), Cape St Peter (14 July 1801), Burnt Island (20 July 1801), Aden (2 August 1801), Babel Mandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (14 August 1801) and Mocha (24 August 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Pilot’s Island (21 September 1801), Cape Aden (23 September 1801), Black Point (25 September 1801), Reiden [Raida] (2 October 1801), Halabi Island (7 October 1801) and Bombay (17 October 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to St Mary’s Rocks (20 November 1801), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (23 November 1801), Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (4 January 1802) and Quillon [Kollam] (5 January 1802)The daily entries for the voyage from Quillon to Anjanga (21 January 1802), Cape Cormorin (24 January 1802), Cape Lagullas [Cape Agulhas] (20 March 1802), False Cape [False Bay] (21 March 1802); St Helena (5 April 1802), Island of Ascension (18 April 1802); St Mary’s Island (21 May 1802), Praule Point [Prawle Point] (6 June 1802), Beachy Head (7 June 1802), Dungeness (8 June 1802), the Nore (9 June 1802), Gravesend (11 June 1802), Halfway Reach (24 June 1802) and Deptford (25 June 1802).The journal contains daily entries in six printed columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds & c., and Week Day, Calendar Date and Observations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes on sightings of other vessels, and other observations during voyages. The journal records the Phoenix’s capture of the French privateer General Malarticon 10 November 1800. It describes the Malarticas sailing ‘close to us, her Tops and Rigging manned for boarding’, but that having given her ‘part of our starboard broadside... they called out they had surrendered’ (f 56 verso). Moffat later took on board Major General David Baird and his staff at Sagar in Bengal (f 63 verso). Baird and his staff transferred to the gunboat Waspbound for Bombay on 25 March 1801 (f 73 verso). Moffat subsequently met with the Griffinand part of the 80th Regiment of Foot at Aden, learned about the arrival of the expeditionary ships the Anna Maria, Wellesleyand Londonat Socotra, and news that ‘the whole French Army near Cairo have surrendered to the British' (f 95 verso). He later ‘gained intelligence of the preliminaries of peace between France and England being signed 10th October last [i.e. 1801]’ (f 119).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 162; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 93 - 162; these numbers are also circled and have been superseded and therefore crossed out.