Aden Affairs [‎481r] (13/22)

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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 80 of 1847, dated 11 September 1847. The enclosures are dated 20 August-6 September 1847. There is a note on the abstract stating that the last two enclosures, Bombay intelligence and newspapers, are ‘Missing 30.10.1906’.

The primary documents are letters from Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Aden, to Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, relating to the return of the Honourable Company [HC] brig of war Euphrates from Mocha, Hoodeida [Al Hudayydah, also spelled Hodeida in this volume], and Mussowah [Massawa], on completion of its political mission, under Commander Lieutenant James Rennie; and the contents of Rennie’s report, dated 17 August 1847 (copy included, ff 481-483), which includes:

• The departure from Hodeida of the Turkish [Ottoman] commissioner with a large amount of German Crowns, his sojourn with Sherriff Hussein [Sharif Hussain], Governor of Mocha (who was then residing in Hodeida), and terms of the latter’s future tribute to the Ottoman Porte
• Intelligence on Turkish activities and policy at these ports
• News of a French agent in Mussowah attempting to obtain 200 Abyssinian labourers to send to Bourbon [Island of Reunion, Indian Ocean?].

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1 item (11 folios)

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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-7, on folio 476. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure. The last two enclosures are recorded ‘Missing 30.10.1906’.

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