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1. IOR/L/PS/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127
Title:
Secret Department, Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Jan. to Aug. 1837, Vol. 46
Scope & Content:
The papers in the volume relate to the mission of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade to the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore; the mission of the Political Agent in Sindh Colonel Henry Pottinger to the court of Mir Nur Muhammad Khan Talpur at Hyderabad; and the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Jan 1837-Aug 1837
Extent:
1 volume (662 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 1-3
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letters Nos. 1-2 (Not included in the Volume)
Scope & Content:
The three folios consist of a note explaining that the enclosures to Letters Nos. 1-2 are not included in the volume, together with an abstract of the contents of the missing enclosures. The missing enclosures concern the following subjects: The arrival of Political Agent in Sindh Colonel Henry...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
2 Jan 1837-13 Feb 1837
Extent:
3 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/391
Title:
‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 29
Scope & Content:
The volume contains enclosures to despatches, and abstracts of contents of despatches, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into eight items: Removal of the Embargo Placed on the Vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm Shaikh ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Gujarati, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Jan 1841-1 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 volume (737 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/434
Title:
‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 72
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of copies of Enclosures to Despatches to the East India Company Secret Committee from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department, dated 1 January-28 February 1845. The despatches themselves are not included in the volume. The enclosures relate to various events in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Jan 1845-28 Feb 1845
Extent:
1 volume (650 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 45-165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 45-165
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 23 January 1845. The enclosures are dated 1 August 1844-23 January 1845, and contain for reference material dated 1 March 1825-17 February 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Jan 1845
Extent:
1 item (121 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 437-461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 437-461
Title:
Kelat, Candahar and Herat Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 54 of 1856, dated 28 July 1856. The enclosures are dated 19 June-7 July 1856. The enclosures chiefly comprise letters from Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
28 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (25 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/20
Title:
'LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX. JAN-JUN 1872', Vol 20
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 13 January-26 June 1872, forwarding copies of his despatches to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay. The despatches contain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Jan 1872-26 Jun 1872
Extent:
1 volume (857 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/67/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/118
Title:
Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 4 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
Scope & Content:
Enclosures in Letter No. 4 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809. These consist of copies of letters and enclosures from General Claude-Mathieu Gardane, French Envoy to Persia, to the King [Shah] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1809
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/68/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/139
Title:
Firman from the Shah of Persia, Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company
Scope & Content:
Firman [order] from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fath Ali Shah Qajar, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The firman expresses the Shah’s gratitude and amity to the Court of Directors for the provision of a present of a large number of China porcelain pieces to the Shah. The firm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)