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 20 February 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 16 March 1874. With reference to the letter from the Resident at Aden, No. 15-50, dated 20 January 1874, regarding the destruction of certain dhows by HMS
Thetis,the despatch draws attention to paragraph 18 of the Assistant Resident's report of his visit to Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], in which it is stated that enslaved persons are conveyed from the port to Busreh [Basra] and the Persian Gulf in Turkish [Ottoman] men-of-war [ships].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 349, and terminates at f 350, 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.