Aden Affairs

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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. 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 73 of 1840, dated 25 September 1840. The enclosures are dated 21-24 September 1840.

They consist of correspondence relating to the security of communications in Aden and the Red Sea area and onwards to London via Alexandria, in the event of a rupture with Mehmet Ali [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā, Ruler of Egypt]. An alternative route to Europe via Bagdad [Baghdad] and Constantinople [Istanbul] is discussed.

Correspondents include: 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 (Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; 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. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq]; the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Military Board, Bombay.

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1 item (99 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, VOL 24

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/386

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/5/386, ff 675-723

Former external reference(s)

No. 73 of 1840

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Sep 1840 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Communication routes

Places

BagdadConstantinople

People & organisations

Political AgentPolitical Agent, Turkish ArabiaPolitical Resident, Persian GulfGovernment of Bombay, Military BoardSuperintendent of the Indian Navy

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