Aden Affairs: A Difference of Opinion between the Agent at Aden and Captain Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden

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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 59 of 1847, dated 18 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 3-22 March 1847.

The primary document is a letter from the Under-Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, relating to a difference of opinion between Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, the Agent at Aden, and Captain J Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden, who refuses to furnish for the inspection of Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood plans of the fortifications of Aden, including the Governor-General’s admonishment of Captain Haines for not dealing with the matter.

Extent and format

1 item (5 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 88

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/450

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 199. 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.

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/5/450, ff 198-202

Former external reference(s)

No. 59 of 1847

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Jun 1847 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Fortifications

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Government of IndiaPolitical Agent

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Aden Affairs: A Difference of Opinion between the Agent at Aden and Captain Kilner, the Executive Engineer at Aden, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 198-202, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000012> [accessed 8 February 2025]

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