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1381. 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)

1382. 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)

1383. 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)

1384. 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)

1385. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and minutes relating to affairs in Aden subsequent to the capture of the port by the British in January 1839. The papers notably cover: Report (ff 529-550) of Captain Robert Foster, Engineers, Military Department, dated 16 April 1839, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Ed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1839
Extent:
1 item (50 folios)

1386. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633
Title:
Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and other papers, chiefly comprising communications between Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this volume], and the Government of India, Bombay [Mumbai], regarding his arrangements for obtaining and transporting stores and supplies for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

1387. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 634-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 634-637
Title:
Military Resources and Personnel in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1839
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

1388. IOR/L/PS/5/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376
Title:
'ENCLOSURES SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 14
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into seventeen items: Afghanistan Affairs (ff 2-33) Intelligence Reports ('Newsletters') (ff 34-42) Memorandum of Int...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11 Mar 1839-31 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (700 folios)

1389. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
The papers mainly relate to the British-led invasion of Afghanistan. They chiefly comprise copies of reports by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat, to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at the camp of Shah Shoojah [Shāh Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni], as forwarded to John P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1839-3 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (33 folios)

1390. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42
Title:
Intelligence Report ('Newsletter')
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report, entitled ‘Newsletter', dated 11 May 1839, covering: Peshawur [Peshawar]; the Army of the Indus; (chiefly regarding its approach to Candahar [Kandahar]); Upper Scinde [Sindh]; Joudhpore [Jodhpur]; Jhansi; Bithoor [Bithur]; Nipal [Nepal]; Ava [Inwa]; and Items of General Intel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

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