The record is made up of 1 item (79 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1855-2 Apr 1855. 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 contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, intelligence reports relating to the development of an Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Somalia.
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- A despatch from the Acting 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. at Aden including a report by Lieutenant Burton, 18th Regiment Bombay [Mumbai], Commander in Charge of the Somalia Expedition. This report includes a recommendation to establish an Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Berbera together with a plan of Berbera (ff 385v-386r) and a drawing of the proposed Berbera Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. building (f 387r).
- A request by Lieutenant Burton to be granted a second year for exploration of this part of Africa
- A proforma table (f 398v) for the 'Indent on the Ordnance Department for the Undermentioned Article required for the use of the Political Department Emergent, Aden 26 February 1855'
- Statement by Colonel Clark in explanation and reply to the accusations brought against him by Colonel Outram, concerning initiating overtures to a hostile chief (the Foudhli).
Correspondents include: the 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. at Aden; Lieutenant Burton, Commander of the Somalia Expedition; H C Montgomery, Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort Saint George, Madras [Chennai]; H L Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay; and Sultan Ahmad bin ‘Abdullāh al Foozlie [Aḥmad bin Abdullāh al-Faḍlī].
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- IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 373-451
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- Aden Affairs
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- 373r:385v, 386v:434r, 435v:451v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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