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1. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-11 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 5 July-22 August 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including:Reports that Sultan M Houssain Fudthel [Aḥmad bin Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sultan of Lahej] has ‘entirely lost the use of his limbs’ due to illnessA visit by the brother of the Abun [Abuna] of Northern Abyssinia [Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church], and an exchange of giftsA visit by Sir Henry Hardinge, on his way to take up his position as Governor-General of IndiaA request by the Political Agent, Aden, for approval of an increase in salary for two members of his staff, as ‘their departure from Aden would be a great loss’, and a rejection of the increase by the Government of India.The correspondents are the Political Agent, the Abun, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (19 folios)
2. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 2-14 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 31 March 1845. The enclosures are dated 10 February-31 March 1845.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the potential threat posed by Hussain ibn Ali Hyder, Sheriffe [Sharif] of Mocha and Hodaida [Al Hudaydah], who has brought an armed force as far as Taez [Ta'izz]. The correspondence also mentions: communications from M Hussain Fudthel [Sultan Muhsin bin Fadl al-'Abdali], Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej]; an outbreak of smallpox in Aden; and details relating to the fortifications of Aden and the garrison.The primary correspondents are the Political Agent, Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 2, and terminates at f 28, 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.
3. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 1 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 18-31 December 1847. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the succession of Ahmed M Houssain Fudthel [Sultan Muhsin bin Fadl al-'Abdali] as Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej], and a visit by James Broun-Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie, on his way to take up his post as Governor-General of India. The primary correspondents are the Political Agent, Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
4. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-12 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 15 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 4 January-11 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including: a planned visit to Berbera and Ras Haffoon [Ras Hafun] by the Assistant Political Agent at Aden, to assess the situations there and the trade in enslaved persons from Abyssinia [Ethiopia]; and a visit to Aden by Ahmed M Houssain Fudthel [Sultan Ahmad bin Muhsin al-'Abdali], Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej]. The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Aden.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
5. ‘Affairs at Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 3 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 12-27 January 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the arrival from Berbera of the East India Company ship Mahiwith reports of an attack by the Hebrowul [Habr Awwal] tribe on a fort belonging to Shumarkhi [Ḥājjī Sharmārkī ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ], former Governor of Berbera, and that his followers were allowed to evacuate unharmed. The item also mentions the gift of a horse received by the Political Agent, Aden, from Ali M Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], Sultan of Lahidge [Lahej].The primary correspondents are the Political Agent and the Commander of the Mahi.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
6. ‘Affairs at Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-10 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 17 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 3 January-11 February 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including: reports of a grounded vessel in the vicinity and a boat sent out to assist being unable to locate it; the arrival, for use as ballast, of stones from the destroyed fortifications in Berbera of Sheik Shermarkhi Ali [Ḥājjī Sharmārkī ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ], the former Governor; and a request from Ali M Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], Sultan of Lahidge [Lahej], for a supply of fuses.The primary correspondents are the Political Agent, Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (15 folios)
7. Affairs in Aden
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- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-46 to dispatch no. 110 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 31 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 30 October-28 December 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including:A blockade of Shugra [Shuqrah] and the Fouthalee Coast [Fadhli Sultanate]Promises from the Sultans of Fouthalee and Lahidge [Lahej] to come to Aden to make peaceDiscussions about the relief of troops at Aden and a possible reduction of the garrisonStipends and pensions granted to rulers in the area around Aden, as well as to the family of a murdered Arabic interpreterPayments for the maintenance of the Agency building.The primary correspondents are the Political Agent, Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (126 folios)
8. Affairs in Aden
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 114 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842. The enclosures are dated 26 September to 15 October 1842, and consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and the surrounding area, including Mocha.The correspondence is mainly between the following: the Political Agent at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; and the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General (Thomas Herbert Maddock). There is also a letter from Haines to the Secretary to the Secret Committee.The correspondence discusses British relations with local rulers, including Sultan M’Houssain Fudthel of Lahidge [Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sultan of Lahej], whom Haines reports had issued an order prohibiting supplies of grass being sent to the town of Aden. The correspondence also concerns the restoration of the stipend formerly received by the Foudthelee Chief [the Fadhli Sultan, Aḥmad bin Abdullāh al-Faḍlī] from the British Government.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-8, on folios 370-372. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
9. Affairs at Aden and Within its Vicinity, and at the Red Sea Ports
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1853, dated 29 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-8. Enclosure numbers 3-5 are dated 14 to 28 March 1853.Enclosure number 3 is a letter from the Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet, reporting on the general state of affairs at Aden and in its vicinity, and in the Red Sea ports. Haines discusses matters including relations between the Foutheli [Fadhli] Chief, Sultan Hamed bin Abdalla Foutheli [Aḥmad bin Abdullāh al-Faḍlī] and the Lahidge [Lahij] Chief, Sultan Ali M’Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī]. Haines states that the Sultan of Lahidge is anxious to consult him about how he can prevent supplies to Aden being disrupted by the Foutheli Chief, who had united with other tribes in an attempt to achieve this, in order to annoy the Sultan of Lahidge.In the same letter Haines also reports the arrival of the French frigate Jeanne D’Arcat Aden on 9 March and its departure on 11 March 1853, and states that the French corvette Caimanwould leave Aden to join the French Admiral at Mocha a few hours after Haines’s despatch. Haines goes on to state that he had been received on board the Jeanne D’Arcby the French naval Commander-in-Chief Rear Admiral Laguerore [Laguerre?], and Haines provides details of the ship. He reports that the Admiral informed him that he intended to take a cruise to Mocha, Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], Mussowa [Massawa], and Judda [Jeddah], and the officers mentioned that they were also bound for Suez. Haines states that the Admiral was secretive about the reason for their visit to the Red Sea, but the younger officers told him they wanted a settlement to assist them in their steam communication with France. Haines discusses possible places they could choose for such a settlement or coal depot, noting the disadvantages of each place, and speculates about other possible reasons for the visit.Enclosure number 4 is another despatch from Haines to Malet, submitting a report by Lieutenant King of the Indian Navy on affairs at Mussowa, Hodeida, and Mocha.Enclosure number 6 is a minute by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by the Board, stating that the actions of the Political Agent at Aden may be approved, that he should be directed to communicate to the Government of Bombay any further information he may obtain regarding the movements of the French vessels of war in the Red Sea.Numbers 6-8, which a note on folio 541 dated 2 November 1906 states are missing, are listed in the abstract of contents as copies of the Bombay Times, the Telegraph and Courier, and the Bombay Gazetteoverland newspapers of 29 March 1853.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-8, on folios 541-542. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
10. The Payment of the Stipend of the Chief of Lahedge
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 108 of 1847, dated 31 December 1847. The enclosures relate to the resumption of the payment of the stipend previously granted by the British Government to the Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej, also spelled Lahidge in this item]. They are numbered 3-12 and are dated 16 August to 31 December 1847.The enclosures discuss the following:The Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, reporting in a letter to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet, on the state of affairs in the vicinity of Aden, including the Chief of Lahedge, Sultan M’Houssain Fudthel [Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī], again soliciting the forgiveness of the British Government for his previous conduct, and seeking the resumption of the payment of his monthly stipend, promising to remain on friendly terms with the BritishThe background to the stipend, which was stopped in August 1846 after, Malet states, the Sultan had taken a prominent part in a plan to attack AdenThe recommendation of the Government of Bombay to the Government of India that the stipend be restored, on certain conditions, due to the influence and power the Sultan possesses, and the dependence of the welfare and prosperity of Aden on the maintenance of good relations between the British Government and the Chiefs of the interiorThe authorisation of the restoration of the stipend by the Government of IndiaThe Governor of Bombay authorising the continuance of the stipend to the successor of Sultan Mahomed Houssain Fudthel, following news of the latter’s death, as it was intended that the stipend originally granted in 1839 should be a hereditary grantThe Government of Bombay instructing Haines that in consideration of the contrition shown by the late Sultan of Lahedge for his past conduct, the payment of the stipend to his successor will be resumed, upon the new Sultan personally waiting on Haines and entering into a similar engagement to the one concluded with the Sultan of Lahedge on 11 February 1843, and a clause being added to this bond stating that in the event of the Chief of Lahidge violating at any time the terms of the engagement, the stipend will be irrevocably endedThe Government of Bombay also directing that Haines should take the opportunity to obtain a suitable engagement from the Sultan to revise the transit duties levied in his territories, in a manner least discouraging to trade.The enclosures consist of the following: correspondence between Malet and Haines; letters from Malet to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General; a letter to Malet from the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India; minutes of the Government of Bombay; and a summary by Malet of the proceedings of Government in regard to the stipends granted to the Sultan of Lahedge and some of the other ‘influential Chiefs’ in the vicinity of Aden after its capture by British troops in January 1839, including a copy of the agreement between Haines and the Sultan dated 11 February 1843.Physical description: 1 item (29 folios)
11. PZ 3054/40 'Journey of son and two grandsons of Sultan of Lahej to Aden from Egypt via Transjordan'
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- Abstract: This document is a cypher telegram sent from the High Commissioner for Trans-Jordan [Emirate of Transjordan] to the Secretary of State for the Colonies relating to the potential passage of a son and two grandsons of the Sultan of Lahej through Transjordan on their way from Egypt 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 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. Political No. 69 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Regarding the Claim of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden, and the Claim of Syed Alowi to the Huswah
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- 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 15 May 1873 and received in the India Office Secret Department on 10 June 1873, forwarding copies of papers regarding the claim of the Sultan of Lahej to Little Aden, and the claim of Syed Alowi to the Huswah.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 346, and terminates at f 363, 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 355a.
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