Yazar
members of the Habr Awul tribe
Basım Tarihi
1 Jan 1857 (CE, Gregorian)
Konu
1
Tür
Belge
Dil
ara,eng
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
1
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 2-30
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100133904634.0x000001
Lokasyon
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.
Tarih
1 Jan 1857 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
This item comprises 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.
[Bombay Secret Letter], No. 1 dated 1 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 9 November-29 December 1856.
The papers relate to the conclusion of a treaty with the Habr Awul tribe [Habr Awwal, also spelled Habr Awel and Habr al Awul in this item] and the removal of the British blockade of Berbera. The blockade had been implemented following an attack by members of the Habr Awul tribe, in April 1855 at the port of Berbera, on Lieutenant Richard Burton’s Somaliland Expedition, during which Lieutenant William Stroyan was murdered and the party’s property ‘plundered’.
The papers notably include:
A copy of the report to Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan,
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.
, Aden, by Lieutenant Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant
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.
, Aden, describing his journey to Berbera on the HC [Honourable Company] Schooner
Mahi,
and negotiation of a treaty of peace with the Habr Awal Elders (ff 7-12)
A copy of the ‘Articles of Peace and Friendship concluded between the Habr Awaal tribe of Somalies on the one part and Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan
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 in behalf of the Hon’ble East India Company, on the other’, signed on 7 November 1856 and listing the names of ten members of the tribe who put their marks to the treaty (f 13). This is followed by a copy of the treaty in Arabic (f 14)
The Bombay Government Minutes, Resolutions and summary of the events leading up to and resulting from the attack. These documents notably mention: the large sum of compensation originally demanded by Coghlan for Burton’s party (15,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
); the apprehension of an individual allegedly associated with the attack and his imprisonment on board the
Mahi;
particular approval of the Bombay Government of the treaty article requiring the Habr Awul to make all efforts to suppress the ‘slave trade’ in their country; and the alleged degree of Burton’s culpability for the attack.
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