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Place Gujarat, India

1. Mss Eur A27-28; C31; E144-47

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Mss Eur A27-28; C31; E144-47
Title:
Eastwick Collection: papers collected by Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814-83), Bombay Army 1836-42, Professor of Hindustani, Haileybury 1845-58; including correspondence (1839-79) on 1st Afghan War and relations with neighbouring states; translation from Persian of `Jamasp Namah'; notes on Gujarat (c1840); epitaphs on European tombs (c1880); skit on `Griffin' (newcomer to India) possibly by Lt M Willoughby.
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Eastwick Collection: papers collected by Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814-83), Bombay Army 1836-42, Professor of Hindustani, Haileybury 1845-58; including correspondence (1839-79) on 1st Afghan War and relations with neighbouring states; translation from Persian of `Jamasp Namah'; notes on Gujarat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830-1880
Extent:
12 volumes; 1 portfolio

2. Mss Eur B265

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Mss Eur B265
Title:
Mary Emma Walter papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal of Mary Emma Walter née Coulthard (1816-1850), wife of Maj Edward Walter, Bombay Army 1821-51, describing her voyage to India and her travels there including pen and ink sketches and watercolours, and album of drawings and watercolours of views mostly of India and its people, and of botan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838-1850
Extent:
2 volumes

3. Mss Eur B339

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Mss Eur B339
Title:
John Whaley Watson papers.
Scope & Content:
Annotated author's copy of a `History of Gujarat (Musalman Period, AD 1297-1760)' (Bombay, Govt Central Press, 1886) written for the Bombay Gazetteer by Col John Whaley Watson (b 1838), Bombay Army 1854, Bombay Political Dept from 1863, serving chiefly in Kathiawar, Political Agent Kathiawar 1886...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
2 volumes

4. Mss Eur D198; D354

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Mss Eur D198; D354
Title:
Lithographed copies of official papers on Gujarat by Maj (later Brig-Gen) Alexander Walker (1764-1831), Bombay Army 1782-1812, Resident at Baroda 1802-10. Mostly published in `Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government', xxxix, pt i (Bombay 1858).
Scope & Content:
Lithographed copies of official papers on Gujarat by Maj (later Brig-Gen) Alexander Walker (1764-1831), Bombay Army 1782-1812, Resident at Baroda 1802-10. Mostly published in `Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government', xxxix, pt i (Bombay 1858).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804-1808
Extent:
1 volume (2 copies; Mss Eur D 0354 for 2nd)

5. Mss Eur D479-81

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Mss Eur D479-81
Title:
Alexander Kinloch Forbes papers.
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous papers, notes and researches compiled by Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821-65), Bombay Civil Service 1843-65, relating to Gujarat and Rajput history, tribes, customs and folklore and utilized in part in his `Ras Mala; or, Hindoo Annals of the Province of Goozerat, in Western India' (18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850-1856
Extent:
4 volumes

6. Mss Eur D637

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Mss Eur D637
Title:
James Macmurdo papers.
Scope & Content:
Narrative, dated 17 Mar 1810, by Lt James Macmurdo (1785-1820), Bombay Army 1801-20, of a route from Patri on the north-east frontier of Kathiawar towards the north-west of Gujarat; the journey was begun on 19 Dec 1809 and its object was to penetrate across the desert to Umarkot and thence to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur D640

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Mss Eur D640
Title:
Sir John Malcolm papers.
Scope & Content:
Copies of minutes, dated 23 Apr 1829 and 15 Oct 1830, by Maj-Gen Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833), Governor of Bombay 1827-30, on the revenue and judicial administration of the southern Maratha country, and on the civil administration of the different provinces of Gujarat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1830
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur E293

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Mss Eur E293
Title:
Papers of Sir John Willoughby, Bombay Civil Service 1817-51; East India Company Director 1854-58; Member of Council of India 1858-66
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Willoughby Collection: papers of Sir John Pollard Willoughby, 4th Bart (1798-1866), Bombay Civil Service 1817-51; Assistant at Baroda 1820-28; Political Agent, Kathiawar 1828-35; Secretary, Bombay Government 1836-46; Member, Bombay Council 1846-51; East India Company Director 1854-58; Member, Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798-1864
Extent:
323 items

9. Mss Eur F73-74

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Mss Eur F73-74
Title:
William Miles papers.
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous papers of Col (later Maj-Gen) William Miles (d 1860), Bombay Army 1800-34, Political Agent, Palanpur 1817-30, on various political, historical and geographical subjects including an account of the Prithvi Raja Rasa; and an unpublished history of Gujarat, vols 1,2 and 4 only (nd).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819-1830
Extent:
3 volumes

10. Mss Eur F149

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Mss Eur F149
Title:
Diaries and papers of Sir Charles Malet, Resident at Poona 1786-97
Scope & Content:
Malet Collection: papers of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Bart (1752-1815), East India Company servant, Bombay 1770-1798; Resident at Poona 1786-1797; Member, Bombay Council 1797-1798; including diaries, letter books, memoranda books, and financial journals and ledgers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770-1813
Extent:
106 items