Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 27 February 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 23 March 1874. With reference to the letters from the Resident at Aden, noted within, forwarding a copy of a letter to the Bombay [Mumbai] Government regarding affairs at Maculla [Mukalla] and 'Bunder Broom' [Bandar Burum], and approving the Treaty entered into with the Jemadar of Shuhur [Ash Shihr] for the abolition of the slave trade at that port.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 392, and terminates at f 394, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 3 January 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 1 February 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to the alleged proceedings of the Turkish authorities with regard to Shuhur [Shihr].The item also includes an abstract of contents of a Finance Despatch (Finance No. 1 of 1873) from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 3 January 1873 and received via Brindisi on 27 January 1873 (folios 3-3a), relating to a memorial from Mahar-oon-nissa Begum, claiming arrears of stipends withheld between 1802 and 1808.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 2, and terminates at f 5, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 2a and f 3a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 December 1874, forwarding a copy of papers regarding aid afforded by Hyderabad subjects to the Jemadar of Shuhur [Ash Shihr] in the matter of that Chief’s quarrel with the Nakeeb of Maculla [Mukalla]. The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 84 of 22 May 1874 (IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 67-67a).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 527, and terminates at f 530a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains four foliation anomalies: f 527a, f 528a, f 529a, and f 530a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 March 1873, forwarding papers reporting the payment of compensation for a dhow captured by HMS
Daphnein 1869, and Captain Prideaux’s Mission to Maculla and Shuhur [Makalla and Shihr]; and deferring the renewal of treaties with those places until the result of Sir Bartle (Compton Arthur) Frere’s mission is known.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 201, and terminates at f 205, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The sequence contains one foliation insertion anomaly: f 201a.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of enclosures to a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 22 May 1874 and received 15 June 1874, relating to a letter received by Syud Toorkee [Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sultan of Muscat], from Mohsin bin Abdoolla bin Ali [Muḥsin bin ʿAbd Alláh bin ʿAlī], an Arab Jemadar in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad in the Deccan, requesting assistance and co-operation in the war between the Kayattees [Qu'aitis] and Katheerees [Kathiris] at Shuhur [Shihr].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 67 and terminates at f 67a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 67a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of Enclosures to a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 7 February 1873, Relating to the Proceedings of the ‘the Turks’ in Connection with Shuhur and Maculla [Shihr and Mukalla].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) is comprised of f 11, as it is part of a larger physical volume; this number is written in pencil, is circled, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio.