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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject River navigation

1. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The enclosures cover the following: the instructions of the Political Agent in Sindh Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pottinger to the officers of the Indian Navy surveying the Indus River; the chart of the Indus prepared by Lieutenant Thomas Carless of the Indian Navy, and his observations on the diffic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1836
Extent:
187 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 4 (Not included in the Volume)
Scope & Content:
The enclosures (not included in the volume) cover the following: demand by Maharaja Ranjit Singh for tribute from the Amirs of Hyderabad, Mirpur and Khairpur in Sindh; the confirmation of the capture, by the troops of Ranjit Singh, of Mir Bahram Khan Mazari’s capital Rojhan; the three kharitas fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1836
Extent:
11 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The three hundred and four folios in the collection begin with an abstract of the contents of Secret Letter No. 3. The enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3 themselves are primarily concerned with the following subjects: The arrival of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1837
Extent:
304 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 9
Scope & Content:
The assurances of the Maharaja of the Punjab Ranjit Singh that his forces would not invade Sindh without prior coordination between the governments, and his acceptance of British mediation in disputes with the Amirs of Sindh if pursued as discretely as possible, following discussions with the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1837
Extent:
343 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950
Title:
News-Letters, 1839
Scope & Content:
Newsletters sent out by the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India containing compiled summaries of reports from British officials and military officers in various parts of South Asia and the Middle East. Each newsletter is divided into headings, most of which refer to the place a re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1839-20 Dec 1839
Extent:
1 item (376 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 165-176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 165-176
Title:
Bagdad Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosure to despatches from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 64 of 1840, dated 25 August 1840. The enclosures are dated 4 July-25 August 1840. They consist of correspondence relating to the Euphrates expedi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1840
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 613-650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 613-650
Title:
Euphrates Expedition
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1840, dated 16 September 1840. A note in black ink states that the enclosure to Bombay Secret Letter, Number 68, dated 28 August 1840, is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1840
Extent:
1 item (24 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 432-449

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 432-449
Title:
‘The Flotilla on the River Euphrates’
Scope & Content:
Enclosures nos. 2-10 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 30 December 1842. The enclosures are dated 17 November-29 December 1842. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the withdrawal of the steam flotilla on the Euphrates and the trans...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1842
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 81-113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 81-113
Title:
Supply of tents to Tehran, communications in India, and the trade in enslaved persons in Oman
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-18 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 17 January 1852. The enclosures are dated 16 June 1851-17 January 1852. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to four separate subjects. Folios 85-97 cover a complaint fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1852
Extent:
1 item (33 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 165-167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 165-167
Title:
Turkish Arabia: Renewal of Rights of Navigation on the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers by British Vessels
Scope & Content:
Enclosure no. 3 to dispatch no. 14 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 April 1861. The enclosure is dated 27 February 1861. Received 20 May 1861. The enclosure consists of a letter from James McAdam Hyslop, Officiating Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, forwarding a translation ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1861
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)