The record is made up of 1 item (14 folios). It was created in 12 Apr 1861. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Enclosures nos. 3-10 to dispatch no. 9 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 April 1861. The enclosures are dated 2 February to 3 April 1861. Received 6 May 1861.
The enclosures consist of intelligence reports on Aden by Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , in charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden, and accompanying resolutions of the Honourable Board.
The reports cover: rainfall, public health, tribal affairs, and the alleged murder of the French Consul at Aden.
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Aden Affairs [140r] (17/28), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 132-145, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100093096005.0x000055> [accessed 30 October 2024]
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- IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 132-145
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