The Station Houses Erected by the Bombay Steam Fund in the Desert of Suez
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 106 of 1847, dated 30 December 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 21 to 28 December 1847. The enclosures relate to th...
Measures Adopted for Suppressing the 'Slave Trade'
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 107 of 1847, dated 31 December 1847. The enclosures relate to British attempts to suppress the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people]....
The Payment of the Stipend of the Chief of Lahedge
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 108 of 1847, dated 31 December 1847. The enclosures relate to the resumption of the payment of the stipend previously granted by the Bri...
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 91
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The volume consists of Enclosures to Despatches to the East India Company Secret Committee, dated 1 January-12 April 1848. The despatches themselves are not included in the volume. The enclosures cover various events in Aden, India, Mesopotamia [Iraq], Persia [Iran], Sind [Sindh] and Somalia.
Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 1 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 18-31 December 1847. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the succession of Ahmed M Houssain Fudthel [Sultan...
Enclosures no. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 12 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 4 October-15 November 1847. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and beyond, including: The intention of Bahmen M...
‘Visit of Lieut’t Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, to Berbera’
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Enclosures no. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 13 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 24 November 1847-6 January 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a visit to Berbera by Lieutenant C J Cruttenden, Assistant Political...
Enclosures no. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 25 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 2-27 November 1847. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in and around Bagdad [Baghdad], including: Flood defences on the Euphrate...
Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 1 February 1848. The enclosures are dated 4-20 January 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden. The primary correspondents are the Political Agent, Aden and the ...