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37. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: Copies of correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to British administration of Aden subsequent to its capture by the British in January 1839, chiefly instructions from the Government of India to Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden.The papers mainly concern:Arrangements for security and policing in Aden in light of recent attacks and robberies allegedly committed by ‘marauding parties’ of Bedowins [Bedouins], including proposal for an ‘Arab Mounted Police’ and the expediency of utilising Arabs for this purposeStipends or allowances to be paid by the British to certain Arab chiefs in return for the latter guaranteeing to protect the roads and communications into the interior, including limits on the amount to be expended by Haines and the terms and conditions of paymentsReimbursement of Haines’s expenses incurred in paying stipends and entertaining Arab chiefs visiting the ResidencyDeferment of a decision regarding claims by Arab chiefs for loss of tribute previously received from port duties prior to the British capture of AdenProposal to send three captured Turkish brass guns to Queen Victoria in EnglandViews of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dickinson, Chief Engineer at Bombay [Mumbai], on Captain Robert Foster’s plans for the fortification of Aden and construction of new buildings (ff 355-358)Petitions from the merchants of Aden to the Governor in Council, regarding heavy customs duties levied on goods using the port, considering former British promises to abolish them for five years (ff 360 and 362), including table of duties charged on goods imported and exported by sea and transiting to and from the interior (ff 371-372)Letter from Shiekh Kasim Bin Sueed of Surhub [Shaikh Qasim bin Sa'id al-Sharjabi] to the Governor in Council requesting British assistance in his hostilities against ‘the Turks’ [Ottomans].The principal correspondents are: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government in India, and Thomas Herbert Maddock, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosure in Bombay Secret Letter No. 59, dated 8th May 1839, is missing from this collection’.Physical description: The papers are not in chronological order.
38. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 66 of 1840, dated 25 August 1840.The enclosures are dated 25 July-25 August 1840 and consist of correspondence relating to the improvement of the fortifications at Aden.The correspondents include: the Political Agent at Aden and the Military Board, Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (376 folios)
39. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: Copies of correspondence and minutes relating to affairs in Aden subsequent to the capture of the port by the British in January 1839.The papers notably cover:Report (ff 529-550) of Captain Robert Foster, Engineers, Military Department, dated 16 April 1839, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward M Wood, Military Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], comprising: detailed plan for the fortification, development and settlement of Aden, including defences against attacks from the interior of Yemen and by sea; location of gun batteries and cantonments; plans for a new town; and promotion of trade and commerceAn analysis of Captain Foster's report, by Major J P Lester, Artillery, and Major [C?] Waddington, Engineer (ff 561-572)Plan to convey the three captured large brass Turkish guns on HMS Wellesleyto Trincomalee for onward transport to England and presentation to Queen VictoriaEstablishing a boundary between Egyptian possessions in Yemen and British interests in the Cape of AdenLocation and forwarding of the Sultan of Aden’s colours (flag) captured at his palace, for transport to Bombay and onwards to England.The principal correspondents are: Foster; John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Thomas Herbert Maddock, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosure in Bombay Secret Letters No. 68, dated 18th May 1839, is missing from this collection’.Physical description: The papers are not in chronological order.
40. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 96 of 1846, dated 26 August 1846. The enclosures are dated 12-15 August 1846.The papers relate to the progress made up to 29 July 1846 on the principal works of defence in the course of construction at Aden. They comprise: a letter from the Military Board to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, forwarding memoranda (ff 59-63) from Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer at Aden, and his two assistants, on the current state of the works; and a letter from the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, transmitting a copy of the Military Board’s letter to the Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
41. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1847, dated 6 August 1847. The enclosures are dated 13 April-2 August 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 26 December 1846).The primary documents are: letters from Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain Indian Navy and Political Agent in Aden, to Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, with related correspondence; Malet’s forwarding letters to Henry Miers Elliot, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General; and minutes of the Governor in Council.The subjects covered notably include:An unsuccessful attempt by the Chief of the Ameer tribe [Banu ‘Amir?] to extract tribute from the (British) Aden revenue based on a 200-year old documentDespatch of Haines’s assistant, Lieutenant Charles John Cruttenden on the Honourable Company (HC) steam frigate Auckland, to investigate the veracity of reports of the arrival of a large body of Turkish [Ottoman] troops at Mocha and Hodeida [Al Hudaydah]Haines’s application for an HC steam vessel (schooner) of war to proceed to Mocha, Hodeida and Museowah [Massawa, also spelled Mussowah in this volume], to see what changes have taken place in the sea port towns of the lower part of the Red Sea; observe if Turkish troops have re-occupied them; and liaise where necessary with Turkish authorities to protect British and Indian interestsCaptain Haines’s arrangement and funding of a passage on an American ship for Syed Omar, cousin and ambassador to the King of Johanna [Anjouan, also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani], and his party, from Aden to Zanzibar, including a letter of thanks to the British authorities from Syed Omar; a testimonial from a French traveller ‘rescued’ by Syed Omar at Jedda [Jeddah]; and bills of expenses submitted by Haines to Bombay for the assistance providedProgress reports of Captain J Kilner, Executive Engineer at Aden, on the various works connected with the defences of Aden up to 28 February 1847 (ff 339-340)Measures taken by the Military Board for protecting the town of Aden from floods of rain water from the landward side of the town; and Military Board’s criticism of how unsatisfactorily the instructions and works at Aden have been carried out, notably the conduct of Captain Kilner and Colonel Grant, and the lack of cordiality between Haines and Kilner (ff 344-351) (see also IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 198-202).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-25, on folios 305-308. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
42. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 105 of 1846, dated 15 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 18 April-11 September 1846.The papers relate chiefly to progress in the construction of the defences of Aden.The principal correspondents are: Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden; the Government of Bombay; the Military Board, Bombay; and the Secretary to the Government of India. Also included are numerous minutes of the Governor and President and the members in Council, Bombay, and enclosures.The papers notably cover and include the following:Memoranda by Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer, Aden, and Captain C W Tremenheere, Engineers, on the state of the works as on 15 August and 29 August (ff 214-217)Discussions regarding certain dwellings that interfere with the range of the guns on the Ras Morbut [Ra’s Marbut, also spelled Ras Marbut in this item] battery, including the possibility of their owners claiming compensation should they need to be destroyed and instructions from the Government of Bombay that the Senior Engineer should ensure that nothing is erected which could interfere with the efficiency and integrity of the worksSuspension of works to erect a small room adjoining the Political Agent’s house on Ras Morbut for the accommodation of public guests, pending the opinion of Kilner and the Military BoardThe unsuccessful attempt by Kilner to obtain plans or descriptive statements of houses on Ras Morbut from their owners and occupants, and the intention of Mr Thomas, the Oriental Company [Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company] Agent at Aden, to persist in the erection of his bungalow about 200 yards in front of the Ras Morbut battery (f 237)Suggested modifications to the plans for the fortifications at Aden, submitted by Haines, which he considers will: prevent the need to disturb private dwellings on Ras Morbut; save the Government the expense of compulsory purchases; and prevent any hostile opinion forming towards the Government by the residents who consider Ras Morbut as a retreat for ‘invalids’ and from the heat of Aden during the monsoons (ff 242-245)The opinion of Lieutenant-Colonel C W Grant, Engineers, Poona [Pune], on Haines’s suggested modifications (ff 252-257) and the Bombay Government’s subsequent recommendations of measures to be carried out (ff 259-261)The request of the Governor-General of India to know how many ‘artificers and workmen’ can be employed on the works at Aden in order to expedite their completion as quickly and economically as possible, and suggestion that the rules controlling the ingress and egress of the population of Gibraltar could be applied, with modification, at Aden, so that the population does not exceed the supply of water and in order to manage the composition of the population (ff 269-270).The item also contains a ‘Plan of the Summit of Marbut shewing the Houses and Forts recommended’ (IOR/L/PS/5/445, f 246) and a ‘Plan of Ras Morbut and Entrance to Western Bay Aden’ (IOR/L/PS/5/445, f 247).Physical description: 1 item (70 folios)
43. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 113 of 1846, dated 1 October 1846. The enclosures are dated 15 August-30 September 1846.The papers relate to works on the defences of Aden, notably including the following:Memoranda stating the progress of the principal works, by: Captain James Kilner, Executive Engineer, Captain Tremenheere, Engineers; and Lieutenant H W B Bell, Assistant Executive Engineer, Aden (ff 446-449)Copies of letters from Kilner and Lieutenant-Colonel C W Grant, Engineers, Poona [Pune], discussing several points regarding the works which are still undecided and requiring the decision of the Governor-General of India (ff 451-479)A request by the Secretary to Government, Bombay, that copies of plans and sketches in connection with the undecided points be prepared and forwarded to the Governor-General of IndiaThe reason for the delay in executing certain improvement works in the town of Aden (leading to flood damage occurring), including Kilner’s letter of explanation and rebuttal of any blame imputed to him by Haines (ff 486-488)Kilner’s request to Haines regarding the possibility of obtaining labourers from the opposite coast [east Africa] to facilitate the construction of the public works at the Aden settlement (f 492).The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Military Board, Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (53 folios)
44. Aden Affairs: A Difference of Opinion between the Agent at Aden and Captain Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden
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- 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.
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