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2. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 105-108
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 105-108
- Title:
- General Orders. Head Quarters. Army of the Indus. Camp Larkana 4th March 1839
- Scope & Content:
- Copy of General Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Ronald Macdonald, Military Secretary, and Deputy Adjutant General HM Forces Bombay [Mumbai]. The orders concern the organisation and command structure of the Army of the Indus, henceforth to be under overall command of Lieutenant-General S...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 4 Mar 1839
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
3. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 109-112
- Title:
- 'Notes on Memo. Submitted on Iron Steam Vessels'.
- Scope & Content:
- Copy of a memorandum regarding the unsuitability of iron steam vessels for use on the Euphrates and Indus rivers. (With a note in pencil, by unknown author, criticizing the tone of the memorandum and asking for another opinion).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c May 1839
- Extent:
- 1 item (3 folios)
4. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 374-376
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 374-376
- Title:
- ‘Translation of a letter from Sheik Tyeb Ibrahimjee, Native Agent at Aden to J P Willoughby Esquire Secretary to Government dated 26th April and received 7th May 1839’
- Scope & Content:
- The letter from Sheik Tyeb Ibrahimjee [Shaikh Tayyib Ibrahimji] conveys various news items including reduction of coffee importations at Mokha [Mocha] and suggestions on securing coal supplies at Aden. There is a note before the papers commence stating: ‘Enclosure in Bombay [Mumbai] Secretary's [Sec...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 7 May 1839
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
5. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
- Title:
- Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
- Scope & Content:
- The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending of t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Feb 1839
- Extent:
- 1 item (13 folios)
6. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 100
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 100
- Title:
- ‘Plan of the Turkish Wall Shewing its Defences when Completed’
- Scope & Content:
- The plan includes the old jetty and Gibul Hadeed [mound?]. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant Engineers, Aden, 29 March 1839. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 14 Apr 1839
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
7. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 103
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 103
- Title:
- 'Plan A. Plan of Aden'
- Scope & Content:
- The plan indicates the parade, cantonment and custom house, officers’ barracks and cantonment, town, and a ‘Space [that] might [be] kept open to separate the cantonment’. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Apr 1839
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
8. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 104
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 104
- Title:
- Survey of the Cape of Aden
- Scope & Content:
- The survey indicates some elevation heights, the contours and quality of the terrain and its suitability or not for defences. Original was signed Robert Foster, Captain Engineers, Aden, 1 April 1839. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Apr 1839
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
9. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 101
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 101
- Title:
- Plan of the Gateway at the Northern Pass
- Scope & Content:
- The plan indicates old defences in red and proposed defences in blue and shows ‘Broken rock battery for four guns to sweep the road to back bay and steamer point’ and ‘Battery for four guns to sweep the road to the Turkish wall’. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant, Engineers, Aden, 2...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Apr 1839
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
10. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 102
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 102
- Title:
- Plan of the interior lines Aden
- Scope & Content:
- The plan indicates various places including the commissariat enclosure, camp bazar, parade ground, custom house compound, officers' cantonments, fort, hospital, library, stores, and school. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant Engineers, Aden, 29 March 1839. Copied in the Chief Enginee...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Apr 1839
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet