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1. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 173-381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 173-381
Title:
Affairs in Sinde and Elsewhere
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 14 November 1840 to 28 February 1841, and mostly consist of copies of correspondence sent and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 item (209 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 382-385

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 382-385
Title:
Abstract of Contents of a Despatch relating to the Slave Trade between the Coasts of Africa and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This part of volume consists of an abstract of contents of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 16 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures listed are not included in the volume; there is a note on the verso of folio 385 (and a later n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 615-631

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/392, ff 615-631
Title:
Instructions to the Officer in Command of the Squadron Ordered on Duty to Aden, and the Slave Trade between the East Coast of Africa and Persian Gulf and Red Sea Ports
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1841, dated 31 March 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence dated 22 to 31 March 1841. The correspondence concerns: instructions ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1841
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 271-275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 271-275
Title:
Abstract of Contents of Enclosures to a Despatch Relating to the Slave Trade between Zanzibar and Bombay
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of an abstract of contents of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1841, dated 30 August 1841. The enclosures themselves are not included in the volume. The enclosures listed relate to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1841
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/398, ff 137-205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/398, ff 137-205
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 79 of 1841, dated 30 September 1841. The enclosures are dated 14 June-14 September 1841. The principal correspondents are: Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1841
Extent:
1 item (69 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/398, ff 429-435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/398, ff 429-435
Title:
Measures Relating to the Suppression of the Trade in Enslaved Persons between the Eastern Coast of Africa and Various Ports in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 84 of 1841, dated 29 October 1841. The enclosures are dated 27 September-28 October 1841. The enclosures numbered 3-6 (dated 21 June-9 October 1841) are noted a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1841
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/400, ff 31-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/400, ff 31-82
Title:
‘Measures adopted for effecting the suppression of the Slave Trade’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-23 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1841. The enclosures are dated 11 July-27 November 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the trade in enslaved persons in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1841
Extent:
1 item (52 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/400, ff 83-201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/400, ff 83-201
Title:
Affairs in India, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-54 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1841. The enclosures are dated 6 June-29 November 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in India, Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar, in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1841
Extent:
1 item (119 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/401, ff 314-383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/401, ff 314-383
Title:
Measures in progress for the suppression of the traffic in slaves
Scope & Content:
Enclosures nos. 2, 3, 7-10, 12, 13, 16-20, 22-24, 27-30, 32-39, 42, 43 and 45 to dispatch no. 108 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 31 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 28 October-28 December 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to instances of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1841
Extent:
1 item (70 folios)