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 ...
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain]
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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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan
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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...
Folios 223-240 chiefly comprise correspondence and minutes of senior legal, financial and administrative officials of the Government in Bombay [Mumbai], and the Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. The main subjects covered are: The legality of sending convicts to Ad...
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 31 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1840, dated 24 August 1840. A note in black ink states that enclosures in Bombay Secret Letter, Number 58, dated 24 August 1840, are mi...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 77 of 1841, dated 30 September 1841. The enclosures are dated 17 July-28 September 1841. The principal correspondents are: Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, ...