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IOR/L/PS/5/258
- Record Id:
- 040-000539096
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000049
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125769425.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/258
- Title:
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'INDEX AND ABSTRACTS TO INDIAN CORRESPONDENCE (SECRET BRANCH) 1866 TO 1874'
- Scope & Content:
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This volume is an indexed manuscript inventory of abstracts of the despatches comprising sub-series IOR/L/PS/5/259-277, ‘Secret Letters and Enclosures from India’ 1866-1874, volumes 1-19.
The geographical coverage of this volume (and of series IOR/L/PS/5/259-277) is chiefly: Afghanistan; Central Asia; Persia [Iran]; Muscat; Khoten (Kashgar); Hyderabad; Carnatic Family; Mysore [Mysuru]; Khelat [Kalat]; Persian Gulf; Burmah [Myanmar, formerly Burma]; Mekran [Makran]; Zanzibar; Aden; Somali Coast; Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; Nejd [Najd]; Ladakh; Indore; China; Bokhara [Bukhara]; Yemen; Cashmere [Kashmir]; Seistan [Sistan]; Political Agencies; Yarkand [Yarkant]; Hadhramant [Hadhramaut]; Nepaul [Nepal]; Siam [Thailand]; North East Frontier [Union Territory of India]; Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Yunnan.
The volume consists of two sections, as follows:
Folios 1-96: A manuscript alphabetical index of personal and place names. Each place name includes a detailed sub-index of general and specific matters or events. The numbers adjacent to each entry refer to the (contemporary) printed page numbers on which the abstract appears within this volume.
Folios 96-203: A manuscript inventory, in chronological order, of abstracts of the documents comprising the sub-series IOR/L/PS/5/259-277. The information is arranged in four columns:
1) The Political or Secret Department Despatch number
2) The day, month and year of the despatch
3) The ‘Letters from India’ abstract, titled by the name of the place or country, followed by a summary of the contents of the despatch
4) The volume number (I-XIX) and the page numbers (the original manuscript pagination) covered by the Secret or Political Department Despatch
Note: Folios 204 to 228 are blank (216-266 of the original printed pagination).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000538963
040-000539096 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/126-258 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from India
IOR/L/PS/5/258 : INDEX AND ABSTRACTS TO INDIAN CORRESPONDENCE (SECRET BRANCH) 1866 TO 1874 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0133]/040-000539096
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (230 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000049
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1866
- End Date:
- 1874
- Date Range:
- 1866-1874
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 228; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 96-228.
- Former External References:
- Volume 177
- Arrangement:
- The file comprises a chronological inventory of abstracts (folios 96-203), which is indexed on folios 1-96.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)