Papers regarding the political situation in the Pashaliq of Baghdad - deposition and death of Abdullah Pasha - succession to the Pashaliq of Said Bey whose life had been saved by the British Resident, Claudius James Rich.
The Bengal Government reject the proposal of the Magistrate of Kaira [Thomas Morris Keate] that the Company should rent certain lands near Ahmadabad from the Peshwa of Poona.
Papers regarding various members of the Gaikwar family - Malhar Rao is discouraged from returning to Baroda - Kanhoji Rao who had conspired against the Company is deported to Poonamallee - his co-conspirator Takat Bai is placed under restraint.
The Bombay Government recommend that a pension or jagir should be granted to Firoz Shah whose father Danji Shah lost his life in an attack on the Mandvi rebel Abdul Rahman.
Decrease in the amount of piracy in the Gulf of Cutch owing to the agreements concluded with the Okhamandal States (includes an historical sketch of the Okhamandal Peninsula by Lieutenant James McMurdo pp 35-56).
Najaf Ali Khan, a son of the late King of Persia, Jafar Khan, is not allowed to proceed to Poona or Hyderabad as he originally intended, but is permitted to stay in Bombay or to return to Basra if he so wishes.
‘Piracy of a vessel in the Gulph of Cutch belonging to Shah Zara Darab a Prince of Caboul’
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This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. It concerns a request from Shahzada Darab, of the ruling Durrani dynasty of Afghanistan, for assistance in recovering property plundered by pirates during a voyage...
