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1. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 3-104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 3-104
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copy correspondence, minutes and resolutions of the Bombay [Mumbai] Council, and other documents relating to arrangements for the civil government and administration, and strengthening of the military fortifications, of Aden by the British following their capture of the port ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (101 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 105-108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 105-108
Title:
General Orders. Head Quarters. Army of the Indus. Camp Larkana 4th March 1839
Scope & Content:
Copy of General Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Ronald Macdonald, Military Secretary, and Deputy Adjutant General HM Forces Bombay [Mumbai]. The orders concern the organisation and command structure of the Army of the Indus, henceforth to be under overall command of Lieutenant-Gene...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1839
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112
Title:
'Notes on Memo. Submitted on Iron Steam Vessels'.
Scope & Content:
Copy of a memorandum regarding the unsuitability of iron steam vessels for use on the Euphrates and Indus rivers. (With a note in pencil, by unknown author, criticizing the tone of the memorandum and asking for another opinion).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c May 1839
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142
Title:
Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan (First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842)
Scope & Content:
Copies of intelligence despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat [Kalat, also spelled Khelat in this volume], to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at Shah Shoojah’s Camp [Shah Shuja ul-Mulk], (copied to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1839-20 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and papers relating to the relocation of the British Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the island of Karrack [Khark, also known as Kharg] at the end of March 1839, and the events leading up to it, including: Deterioration of the Political Resident’s relations with Mirza ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (73 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 217-322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 217-322
Title:
Colonel Henry Pottinger’s Arrangements in Sinde [Sindh] Regarding the Advance of the Army of the Indus
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence, minutes and other documents chiefly relating to logistical and financial arrangements made by Colonel Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde and Sind in this volume], in connection with the Army of the Indus arriving and marching through Sinde (a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (105 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 323-373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 323-373
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to British administration of Aden subsequent to its capture by the British in January 1839, chiefly instructions from the Government of India to Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden. The papers mainly concern: Arrangem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1839-7 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (50 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 374-376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 374-376
Title:
‘Translation of a letter from Sheik Tyeb Ibrahimjee, Native Agent at Aden to J P Willoughby Esquire Secretary to Government dated 26th April and received 7th May 1839’
Scope & Content:
The letter from Sheik Tyeb Ibrahimjee [Shaikh Tayyib Ibrahimji] conveys various news items including reduction of coffee importations at Mokha [Mocha] and suggestions on securing coal supplies at Aden. There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosure in Bombay [Mumbai] Secretary's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
Title:
Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
Scope & Content:
The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (134 folios)