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IOR/L/MIL/5/512
- Record Id:
- 040-000340378
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000340300
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0001c2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096702259.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/512
- Title:
- Copy correspondence between the East India Company Court and the War Office on supplying field telegraph equipment to the forces in the Persian Gulf
- Scope & Content:
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The file comprises copy correspondence between James Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, with the War Office, regarding procurement of two field telegraphs for shipment to Bombay and transmission to Bushire, the Headquarters of the Expedition force in the Persian Gulf (also spelled Gulph), under the command of Sir James Outram.
Notably covers: consultations between Major G Graham, War Office (formerly twenty-two years with the Bengal Artillery, East India Company), Sir William O'Shaughnessy, (East India Company Director of Telegraphs), Colonel Tulloch, Professor Wheatstone, Mr Vernon Smith and Colonel Sandham, at the Arsenal in Woolwich and in Chatham, over the methods of conveyance and type of wire (cable) best suited for the local terrain and heat in the intended place of use; arrangements for speedy shipping on P & O steamer Sultan to Bombay; arrangements for telegraphic staff in Bombay to embark for Bushire upon arrival of the equipment and to join Outram’s force.
Includes a memorandum by O’Shaughnessy, dated 3 January 1856, detailing his activities in fulfilling the procurement order, including decision to use specially adapted packsaddles for mules, ponies or small Persian horses, rather than fit out waggons which would fall foul of bad roads and the heat.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000306786
037-000340300
040-000340378 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/5 : Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MIL/5/441-1076 : Military Miscellaneous Series
IOR/L/MIL/5/512 : Copy correspondence between the East India Company Court and the War Office on supplying field telegraph equipment to the forces… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0005]/036-000306786[0007]/037-000340300[0043]/040-000340378
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (16 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0001c2
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 27 Dec 1856-16 Jan 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 16; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The file comprises five dated papers, not in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)