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Mocha Affairs [‎4r] (3/4)

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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 1820. 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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This item comprises a copy of an enclosure 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. : Bombay Secret Letter 9 August 1820. The enclosure is dated 9 August 1820.

The enclosure comprises a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, addressed to the Imaum of Senna [Imam of San’ā, Yemen], demanding an apology and reparation for the ‘insults and cruelties’ of the Governor of Mocha towards ‘a respectable officer of the British Government at it's [East India Company] factory’ in Mocha and stating that Captain Loch of HM Navy is being sent with a squadron of ships to see that the demands, including the negotiation of a treaty, are met.

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The despatch comprises one enclosure, numbered 1. The enclosure number is written for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of the enclosure.

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Mocha Affairs [‎4r] (3/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 3-4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100094406298.0x000008> [accessed 17 January 2025]

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