Proceedings of an Extraordinary Council held at Varell
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This part of the volume consists of a copy of the proceedings of an extraordinary council held at Varell [Worli], following the receipt by the Governor of Bombay [Sir George Arthur] of a ‘most secret and confidential’ letter from the Governor-General of India [Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough...
Order Against Publications by East India Company Officials
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Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 36 of 1847, dated 1 April 1847. The enclosures are dated 6 April to 8 May 1847 and contain correspondence relating to the publication in London of a work of ‘controversial character’ on the c...
‘Announcement of the demise of the Maharaja Khunderao Holkar and the arrangements in progress touching on his successor’
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This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, No. 20 of 1844, dated February 1844. The enclosure is dated 2-17 February 1844. The enclosure relates to the illness and death of Maharaja Khunderao Holkar ...
Plan of Ras Morbut and Entrance to Western Bay. Aden
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Map of Ras Morbut [Ra’s Marbut] including lines showing: The range of Captain Haines’s battery [Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden] The range of the Committee’s battery The range of Lieutenant Curtis’s battery The entrance to the harbour, Ras Morbut and Ras Torshyan. Five referen...
'Sketch of Molla Jaafer's route from Khiva to Sihoon'
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Sketch map showing the coastal area of the the Aral Sea nearest to Tashkend [Tashkent]. Areas marked include: ‘Aral Sea’, ‘Khazak Tribe’, and ‘Russ Territory’. The map was drawn by A A Churchill in May 1854; a scale is given in the bottom of the map.
Rough Sketch of the attack on Rushire December 9th 1856
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Copy of a ‘Rough sketch of the attack on Rushire December 9th 1856’ [Reishahr, five miles distant from Bushehr: see IOR/R/15/1/732, p 578]. Includes a key: ‘A - The redoubt of Rushire’; ‘B - Village occupied by the enemy’. The sketch is captioned below with a description of the attack. The...
‘Rough Sketch of the advance on Bushire Dec’r 10 1856’
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Copy of a ‘Rough Sketch of the advance on Bushire Dec’r 10 1856.’ Includes a key (‘References’) to positions and operations at Bushire [Bushehr], labelled A-G, and is captioned below with descriptions of what letters A-E represent. The original sketch was signed by J Wray, Captain, Assistant...
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 18 of 1840, dated 30 April 1840. The enclosure is dated 29 April 1840. The papers relate to the expenses incurred on account of Captain Rober...
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 115 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842. The enclosures are dated 4 July to 14 October 1842, and relate to the mission to Shoa [Shewa]. The enclosure...
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 34 of 1846, dated 24 March 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik]. Contents relate to: Ottoman ad valorem taxes...