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Place Bahawalpur State, India

1. Mss Eur A168

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Mss Eur A168
Title:
Freda Evelyn Oliver papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 26 Sept 1947, from Freda Evelyn Oliver, wife of Peter Richard Oliver (b 1917), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1939-47, Deputy Commissioner, Bahawalpur State 1944-47, describing her family's journey from Simla to Bahawalpur during the disturbances following partition.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
8 folios

2. Mss Eur C365

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Mss Eur C365
Title:
John E Mcleod papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Princely Houses of India and Pakistan: Historical and Genealogical Notes': typescript by John E McLeod, comprising Vol I `The States of Pakistan', Vol II `The States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana', Vol III (A) `The States of Gujarat, part one'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1984
Extent:
222 folios

3. Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92

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Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92
Title:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afghanistan, Persia, etc, relating to Elphinstone's Embassy to Kabul 1808 and Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia 1810.
Scope & Content:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1810
Extent:
4 volumes

4. Mss Eur D163-65

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Mss Eur D163-65
Title:
Papers relating to the `Bhattis' of Rajputana comprising: (i) copies of official papers, dated 1839-43, on the settlement of the boundaries of the `Bhatti' territory and the States of Bikanir and Bahawalpur; (ii) a history of the `Bhattis' and `Rathors' (possibly a translation) written out in 1848; (iii) extracts translated from `Khulasat al-tawarikh' (1696) and notes on places in Hissar district (1802).
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the `Bhattis' of Rajputana comprising: (i) copies of official papers, dated 1839-43, on the settlement of the boundaries of the `Bhatti' territory and the States of Bikanir and Bahawalpur; (ii) a history of the `Bhattis' and `Rathors' (possibly a translation) written out in 184...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1848
Extent:
2 bundles; 1 volume

5. Mss Eur D635

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Mss Eur D635
Title:
Memoir of the tract of India lying between 22'30 south and 29'30 North, and 69 west and 80 east describing the native states of Central India, Kathiawar, Sind, Rajputana and Bahawalpur, their history, geography, commerce and other features.
Scope & Content:
Memoir of the tract of India lying between 22'30 south and 29'30 North, and 69 west and 80 east describing the native states of Central India, Kathiawar, Sind, Rajputana and Bahawalpur, their history, geography, commerce and other features.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790
Extent:
10 folios

6. Mss Eur F213

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Mss Eur F213
Title:
Papers of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, as President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52
Scope & Content:
Broughton Collection: papers and correspondence of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton (1786-1869), as President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1852
Extent:
123 items

7. Mss Eur F226

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Mss Eur F226
Title:
Memoirs of former members of the Indian Political Service or their wives
Scope & Content:
Indian Political Service Collection: memoirs of some thirty-five former members of the Indian Political Service, or their wives, describing their experiences, chiefly in the period 1920-1947, as political officers in the Indian States, the North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan, or the Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1947
Extent:
35 items

8. Mss Eur F230

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Mss Eur F230
Title:
Papers of Sir Penderel Moon, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-43; served independent Government of India 1948-61
Scope & Content:
Moon Collection: letters home and other correspondence, papers, articles and photographs of Sir (Edward) Penderel Moon (1905-87), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-43; again in India 1946-47 and 1948-61, and in Bahawalpur 1947-48; relating to his career in India before and after independence.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1985
Extent:
64 items

9. Mss Eur G38

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Mss Eur G38
Title:
Genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70
Scope & Content:
Bowring Collection: albums, originally three large volumes, containing genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
31 volumes