Correspondence regarding the Indian Princely States extracted from the main series of Political and Secret Correspondence with India, Madras and Bombay
Scope & Content:
The series is divided into five sections as follows:- (1) L/PS/7357-394 Files relating to the Princely States extracted from Political and Secret Letters from India 1881-1902 (2) L/PS/7/395-421 Files relating to the Princely States extracted from Political and Secret Letters from Bombay 1882-1902...
Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: First Series
Scope & Content:
These volumes comprise demi-official letters (both home and overseas) received in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office from individuals and from Government departments, together with associated correspondence, minutes and memoranda, also a few telegrams. The volumes are indexed.
Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series
Scope & Content:
These volumes contain copies of demi-official letters sent out by the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, together with copies of associated minutes and memoranda. The correspondence appears to be mostly with individuals/Government departments in the UK, but there is also corresp...
Copies of the covering letters from the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, Political and Secret Department, India Office, which accompanied various enclosures (reports, copies of correspondence etc) sent for the information of the Government of India
Papers of the Secretary, India Office Political and Secret Department: Secret Service and intelligence matters
Scope & Content:
The series consists of: (1) An indexed letterbook of private correspondence, mainly about foreign, political and secret relations with India's neighbours, especially Afghanistan, 1887-1902 (2) Bank of England passbooks for India Office Secret Service Fund accounts, Secretaries of State, 1878-1910...
Secret Letters received from various areas outside India
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Secret letters received by the East India Company (1793-1858) and the India Office (1858-1874) from Bourbon, Mauritius, Persia, Mesopotamia, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, the Persian Gulf, Turkish Arabia, Aden, Muscat and Zanzibar. Vols 1, 3-5, and 11-50 have indexes.
Political and Secret Letters Received from Zanzibar and Aden
Scope & Content:
(1) Letters to the Secretary of State for India from the Political Agent, Zanzibar, 1875-1883, forwarding dispatches for transmission to HM Foreign Office. The dispatches themselves are not to be found here, though the covering letters for 1875 do include copies of the enclosures to that year's d...