Aden and Mocha Affairs

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This part of the volume consists 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. 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 19 of 1841, dated 27 March 1841. The enclosures are dated 19 January to 27 March 1841, and relate to Aden and Mocha. They mostly consist of copies of correspondence sent and received by 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. .

The main correspondents are the Secretary to 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. (John Pollard Willoughby), the 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. at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines), and the Secretary to the Government of India (Thomas Herbert Maddock).

The enclosures discuss matters including:

• The proposal to station a body of fifty cavalry plus horses for two guns at Aden
• The increase of ninety nine Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and eight annas per month to the staff budget of the 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. at Aden being sanctioned by the Governor General of India in Council
• The plunder of the property of the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Mocha, Abdool Russool [Abdul Rasool], stated to have been committed by the authorities at Mocha (also spelled Mokha in this part)
• The political state of affairs in the Interior of Aden and at Mocha
• The circumstances which induced the 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. at Aden to expel a Frenchman named Lombard and a Corsican named Mariani from the town of Aden, following reports made to the 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. by ‘natives’ from the Interior that the men had held private conference with the Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej]
• The 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. at Aden’s request for permission to send three Bedowin [Bedouin] prisoners to the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , to be confined in one of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. jails, as an example intended to deter others from pursuing a course hostile to the British Government.

Extent and format

1 item (78 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 30

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/392

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-23, on folios 520-523. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of each enclosure.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 519-596

Former external reference(s)

No. 19 of 1841

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Mar 1841 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

ImprisonmentCavalry

Places

AdenMocha

People & organisations

Government of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentPolitical AgentNative Agent

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