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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/91
Title:: Copies of Telegrams Regarding the Special Commission Investigating the Gaekwar of Baroda's Administration
Scope & Content:: Telegrams concerning the Special Commission which was enquiring into questions of maladministration by the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao). The telegrams are primarily between Sir Lewis Pelly, Special Commissioner at Baroda; Captain Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy; and Charles Umph...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Mar 1875-24 Apr 1875
Extent:: 1 file, 13 items (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/92
Title:: Memorandum from Lewis Pelly to Sir Richard Meade, his successor at Baroda, regarding the administration and organisation of the Residency
Scope & Content:: The following matters are detailed in the memorandum: The organisation of Lewis Pelly's private office, giving the location of various confidential and important papers kept there, along with the cypher code for confidential correspondence. The submission of progress reports regarding revenue ad...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Apr 1875
Extent:: 1 file (8 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/93
Title:: Report by the Viceroy, Lord Northbrook, giving his View on the Conduct of Affairs in Baroda
Scope & Content:: The confidential report gives a brief explanation of the State of Baroda and its rulership, before setting out the transactions relating to the State of Baroda from 18 March 1873, when Colonel Phayre was appointed as British Resident, to 9 April 1875. The report outlines the maladministration ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Apr 1875
Extent:: 1 file (7 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/94
Title:: Notes and Memoranda by Lewis Pelly on the Situation in Baroda
Scope & Content:: Drafts and copies of Pelly's reports, memorandums and notes on the situation in Baroda following his appointment there as Special Commissioner. The notes recount the period 1873-1874 and give background information on how the situation in Baroda arose; and the draft reports and memorandum consi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1875-Mar 1875
Extent:: 1file, 5 items (40 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/95
Title:: Letters from claimants to the succession of Baroda State 1875
Scope & Content:: The file primarily contains letters from relatives of Mulharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda, who wished to present their claims to the succession in Baroda should Mulharrao be deposed. Also contained within the file are a petition from the Sirdars to the Agent to the Governor-General at Baroda, Philip ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1875-Oct 1880
Extent:: 1 file, 5 items (27 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/96
Title:: Chart of the Gulf of Persia. Constructed from the Trigonometrical Surveys Made by Order of The Hon.ble the Court of Directors of the United English East India Company; by George Barnes Brucks, Commander H.C. Marine
Scope & Content:: Distinctive Features: Nautical chart of the Persian Gulf compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829, with place names given in both English and Arabic. The chart was first published in 1832 by James Horsburgh and engraved by Richard Bateman. Th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: after 1832
Extent:: 1 map on 2 sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/97
Title:: Map to illustrate Baron C.A. de. Bodes route from Kazerun to Shushter through the Countries of the Manasoni Khoghi & Bakhtyari Tribes in 1841
Scope & Content:: Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Shows the routes of the expeditions: the author, Baron Clement Augustus de Bode, by red line; McDonald Kinneirs by blue line and Rawlinsons by orange and black line (the key however states the line is also red).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1841
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/98
Title:: Map of Maritime Arabia with the opposite Coasts of Africa and Persia
Scope & Content:: Imprint: Lithographed in the Chief Engineer's Office by E Huskeljee and E Kumroodeen, Bombay. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Below the title note 'reduced in the Quarter Master Generals Office from an Original Map by Colonel T Dickinson, Chief Engineer. Signed Neil Campbel...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Mar 1856
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/99
Title:: Map of Maritime Arabia with the opposite coasts of Africa and Persia
Scope & Content:: Imprint: Lithographed in the Chief Engineer's Office by E. Huskeljee and E. Kumroodeen, Bombay. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Below the title note ‘Reduced in the Quarter Master Generals Office from an Original Map by Colonel T Dickinson, Chief Engineer. Signed Neil Camp...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Mar 1856
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/100
Title:: Map of Damara and Great Namaqua Land and the Adjacent Countries to and beyond Lake Ngami as explored and surveyed by Messrs Galton & Andersson
Scope & Content:: Imprint: London, Published by Hurst and Blackett. Drawn by E Ravenstein; Engraved on stone by Schenck and McFarlane Lithographers, Edinburgh. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Below title the note 'The coast from 20° South lat, to Walfisch Bay is from the survey of Capt. Will...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1856
Extent:: 1 map

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