Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1847, dated 18 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 3-22 March 1847.The primary document is a letter from the Under-Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, relating to a difference of opinion between Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, the Agent at Aden, and Captain J Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden, who refuses to furnish for the inspection of Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood plans of the fortifications of Aden, including the Governor-General’s admonishment of Captain Haines for not dealing with the matter.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 199. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 114 of 1846, dated 1 October 1846. The enclosures are dated 8 September-26 September 1846.The item relates to the recent attempted attack on Aden on 1 September 1846 by ‘a body of Arabs under the Fanatic Syud Ismael [Sayyid Ismā‘īl, also spelled Sayud in this item]’ (f 495).The principal correspondents are: Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden; and the Secretary to the Government, Bombay.The papers notably include the following:Reports by Haines concerning: the planned attack and the cause of the quarrel between Syud Ismael and his followers which resulted in the dispersal of the force; the subsequent opening up of communications and trade with the interior; intelligence regarding Syud Ismael’s ensuing communications with various ‘chiefs’; Haines’s suggestion for a punitive blockade of the ports of those ‘chiefs’ in order to effect the suppression of the date trade and supply of fish; and Haines’s expectation that elements of the local population will be ‘again troublesome’ after the ‘Eyed’ [Eid al-Fitr] (ff 498-501)A report by the Senior Naval Officer at Aden, forwarded to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, by Captain Sir Richard Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, detailing the actions of the vessels of war at Aden that repelled the two attacks in August on the field works there (ff 510-512)Reports forwarded to the Military Department, Bombay, by the Adjutant-General of the Army, Poona [Pune], praising the conduct of the troops composing the Aden garrison during the recent attacks on Aden, including copies of correspondence between Haines and Lieutenant-Colonel H R Milner, Commanding the troops at Aden, and reports by Captain C Taylor, 47th Regiment of Native Infantry, Commanding the Turkish Wall (ff 515-523).The last two enclosures, the
Bombay Timesoverland summary and the
Bombay Overland Courier, are noted as ‘Missing 29.10.1906’.Physical description: 1 item (32 folios)
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship the
Shrewsburyfrom England to Bombay and Mokha [Mocha] (Captain Benjamin Jones), 1 May 1771-18 June 1773. The
Shrewsburydeparted from Portsmouth on 1 May 1771, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 17 September 1771, Johanna [Anjouan]; 25 November 1771, Bombay [Mumbai]; 16 January 1772, Surat; 24 January 1772, Bombay; 11 February 1772, Mahim; 20 February 1772, Surat; 28 May 1772, Aden; 9 June 1772, Mokha; 13 October 1772, Bombay; 30 March 1773, St Helena; 18 June 1773, the Downs.The journal begins with brief entries beginning on 1 January 1771, which document the weather and preparations made at Blackwall, Gravesend, and the Downs, prior to departure from Portsmouth. The main body of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds and Weather, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 131; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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.
Abstract: The file consists of letters regarding lists of passengers, mails and packets on board individual East India Company steam ships and vessels on different voyages from India, Suez or Aden, between 1838 and 1845. The main route is that taken from Bombay to Suez via the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Letters are signed by the different commanders of the vessels and ships.The ships and vessels mentioned include the following:
Atalanta, Hugh Lindsay, Berenice, Victoria, Zenobia, Orlandoand
Cleopatra.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: 'A Journall of our Intended Voyage in ye Ship Compton to Bengall in ye Indies' by Captain John Misenor, 17 February 1727/28-6 August 1730, and Received 1 September 1730. The journal contains:The daily entries for the voyage from London to the Downs (17 February 1727/28), Santiago (23 March 1728), Cape Fallso [Cabo Falso] (6 June 1728), Zeloan [Ceylon, i.e. Sri Lanka] (24 July 1728), Madderass [Madras, i.e. Chennai] (5 August 1728), Western Brace (13 September 1728), Hogg River [Hooghly River] (17 September 1728), and Fort Tanner [Fort Tanna] (20 September 1728)The daily entries for the voyage from Fort Tanner to Rayapore [Raypur] (25 December 1728), Cinda Creek (26 December 1728), Diamond Creek (28 December 1728), the Koilles (9 January 1728/29), Cochean [Kochi] (8 February 1728/29), Saccatra [Socotra] (11 March 1728/29), Mocha (25 March 1729) and Judda [Jeddah] (17 April 1729)The daily entries for the voyage from Judda to Mocha (24 July 1729), Madderass (27 August 1729), Western Brace (16 September 1729), Barabbola Sand (18 September 1729), New Town (20 September 1729), Hog River (21 September 1729), Rayapoore [Raypur] (22 September 1729), Pongelly [Pujali] (25 September 1729) and Calcutta [Kolkata] (1 October 1729)The daily entries for the voyage from Calcutta to Tanner's Reach (16 December 1729), New Town (17 December 1729), Ingelu [Ingeli] (20 December 1729) and Fort St George (7 January 1729/30)The daily entries for the voyage from Madderass to Cape Falso (22 April 1730), St Helena (15 May 1730), Dover (3 August 1730), South Foreland (4 August 1730), Hope Point (5 August 1730) and Woolwich (6 August 1730).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: Date, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and weather conditions and other observations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes on the sightings of other vessels, and other observations made during the course of the voyages.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; 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 sequences of blank pages, ff 104-143 and ff 145-187, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Correspondence between the Licensing Section of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the India Office Political Department, regarding applications by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd for Export Licences to transport cartridges to Aden.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns arrangements for the transmission of post between Jizan (Saudi Arabia) and Kamaran (Yemen), and covers the establishment of wireless telecommunications between Jizan and Aden.The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Admiralty; the British Legation at Jedda; and HM Ministry for Foreign Affairs at Mecca.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 61; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, No. 103 of 1842, dated 28 September 1842. It contains material relating to the following:The relations between the Sultan of Lahidge [Sulṭān of Lahij, Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī], the Fouthalee [Faḍlī] Tribe, and the British garrison at AdenThe possible ‘restoration’ of the stipends paid by the British to the Chief of the Fouthalee Tribe and to Sheik Hazzah Ibn Raqqut [Shaikh Hazzāʻ bin Raqqūt?]The appointment of Eschreff Bey [Ashraf Bey] as Commissioner to assist British merchants, and ‘remove’ Sheriff Husain Ibn Ali Hyder [Sharīf Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī Ḥaydar]The ‘extortions’ by Osman Pasha [‘Uthmān Pāshā], Ottoman Governor of Judda [Jeddah], and complaints by the Political Agent at Aden [Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines]The establishment of the new town of Aden, and reservation of ground for ‘military purposes’.Physical description: 1 item (47 folios)
Abstract: The item consists primarily of correspondence with notes, reports and memoranda dated between 10 July and 2 September 1839; it relates to Aden during the first month after its capture by the British.The papers cover the following: a request for weights and measures at the Custom House at Aden; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines and his position in Aden as Political Agent; the introduction of Bombay [Mumbai] currency in Aden; the establishment of a British port in Aden; improvements in the lines of communication between Bombay and Aden; the movements of European, British and Egyptian troops around the Gulf; an agreement with the Sultan of Aden; riots in Aden; a revolt by the Sultan's son; the Jewish community in Aden.The main correspondents are the following: Governor-General of India; Political Agent, Aden; Accountant General of India; General of the British Army; Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (138 folios)
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also written as Bin Saud in the file], Amir of Nejd [Emir of Najd], forwarded to the Political Agency, Kuwait, by other British officials in the Gulf region. The correspondence primarily covers relations between Ibn Saud and Hussain [Al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, also written as Husain and Hussein in the file, and also referred to as ‘the Sharif’], King of Hejaz [also written as Hijaz and Hedjaz in the file], during a British-imposed ceasefire that followed hostilities over possession of Khurma [al-Khurmah]. Subjects covered in the correspondence include:Ibn Saud’s possession of Khurma and Tarabah [Turabah], and the potential threat this poses towards Taif [Ta’if]Claims by both Ibn Saud and Hussain that the other is continuing to commit hostile actionsArrangements for a potential meeting between Ibn Saud and Hussain for peace talks, initially planned to take place at Aden, but changed to Mecca at Ibn Saud’s suggestionA request from Ibn Saud for two Indian Muslim officers to be appointed to oversee pilgrims from Nejd who will accompany Ibn Saud’s journey to Mecca, and the appointment of two officers from the Political Agency, Bahrein [Bahrain]: Khan Sayib Syed Siddiq Hasan [Khān Ṣāḥib Sayyid Ṣādiq Ḥasan] and Shaikh Farhan Beg Al Rahmah [Shaikh Farḥān Beg al-Raḥmah]Hussain’s refusal to remove his embargo against pilgrims from Nejd being allowed into Hejaz, and Ibn Saud’s subsequent postponement of his own journey to Mecca in favour of a small diplomatic mission on his behalfThe departure of the mission to Mecca under Ibn Saud’s cousin Ahmad Al-Thenyan [Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh bin Ibrāhīm bin Thunayān Āl Saʿūd, also written as Ahmad ibn Thunaiyan and Thaniyan in the file], and accompanied by Khan Sayib Syed Siddiq Hasan and Shaikh Farhan Beg Al Rahmah, in August 1920Discussions between Hussain and Al-Thenyan, an agreement signed between them to re-establish friendly relations, and the mission’s return to NejdArrangements for a meeting at Ojair [Al ‘Uqayr] between Ibn Saud and Sir Percy Cox, British High Commissioner in BaghdadThe awarding of an honorary GCIE to Ibn SaudReports in 1921 and 1922 that Ibn Saud is preparing to attack Hejaz and besiege Mecca.Khan Sayib Syed Siddiq Hasan’s reports from Riyadh in July and August 1920, including accounts of meetings with Ibn Saud, are on folios 78-113. His diary of the journey from Riyadh to Mecca is on folios 178-191. Shaikh Farhan Beg Al Rahmah’s report of the mission to Mecca and account of the return journey is on folios 191-196.The primary correspondents are: the High Commissioner, Cairo; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Political Agent, Bahrein; Khan Sayib Syed Siddiq Hasan; and Ibn Saud. Other correspondents include: the British Agent, Jeddah; the Political Agent, Koweit [Kuwait]; Hussain’s son Faisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī, later King of Iraq]; the Foreign Office; and the India Office.The file contains a single item in Arabic, a letter from Ibn Saud to Sir Percy Cox dated 24 August 1922, which is on folios 202-203. An English summary of the contents is on folio 201.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 178-196.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Two outline sketches in pencil with titles added in black ink: ‘Land forming the West.n side of Bunder Fuggum’ and in pencil ‘West of Aden’; and ‘Gibbul Shumsan from the Vessel at Anchor in Aden eastern bay’. Engraved copy at IOR/X/3224/1.Inscriptions:On recto in the bottom right-hand corner in pen and red ink: ‘Original Drawing engraved in the Chart of the several Bays near Cape Aden by Capt. Haines, 1836’.Physical description: Materials:Pencil with additions in pen and ink on paper.Dimensions:283 x 535 mm
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning the claims of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden, part of the territory of the Akrabee [Akrabi] tribe.The papers cover: summary of relations between Lahej, the Akrabi tribe, and the British Government; the question of the payment of compensation to the Sultan of Lahej for expenditure incurred by him in coercing the Akrabi tribe in 1850, following the murder of an English seaman; the question of the formal recognition by the Government of India of the independence of the Akrabi tribe; and the agreement of the Government of India to a proposal to give $2500 as a present to the Sultan of Lahej.The main correspondent is the Political Resident at Aden.The Enclosures are dated 15 August to 30 September 1871. The Enclosures also contain copies of correspondence dated 1850-51 from the Political Agent, Aden.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 251, numbered 1-6.