Aden Affairs [‎199v] (4/8)

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This part of the volume consists of 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 101 of 1847, dated 1 December 1847. The enclosures listed in the abstract of contents are numbered 3-5.

Enclosure No. 3 consists of a letter from 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, to Arthur Malet, Chief 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. , dated 16 November 1847, regarding the state of affairs at Aden and in the interior. Haines states that the only change which has taken place in the interior of Aden since his last letter (of 30 October 1847) was the sudden arrival of Sultans Nassur and Futhel bin Abdulla Foutheli [Sulṭān Nāṣir and Sulṭān Faḍl bin ‘Abdullāh al-Faḍlī] at Bir Ahmed [Bi’r Aḥmad], with about one hundred mounted followers. Haines reports the effect that the Foutheli [Faḍl] being in the neighbourhood of Aden had on Aden market supplies. Haines also reports the reduction in the number of smallpox cases at Aden and the number of people who have been vaccinated, and includes an enclosed letter to himself from J A Vaughan, Acting Civil Surgeon at Aden.

Enclosures Nos. 4-5, listed as copies of the Bombay Times Overland Summary and the Bombay Overland Telegraph and Courier , dated 1 December 1847, are not included in this item (a note dated 30 October 1906 states that they are missing).

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