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IOR/L/PS/5/262

Record Id:

040-000539101

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000538832

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x00004d

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/5/262

Title:

'SECRET LETTERS AND ENCLOSURES FROM INDIA' Vol 4

Scope & Content:

The volume consists of Despatches to the Secretary of State for India from the Government of India Foreign Department, dated 4 January 1868-24 June 1869, with enclosures.

The contents include papers relating to: affairs in the Persian Gulf, particularly Bushire [Bushehr], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Abothabee [Abu Dhabi]; affairs in Muscat and the interior of Oman, notably concerning the succession to the Muscat throne and Muscat’s territorial claims against Persia [Iran]; the appointment of the Governor of Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ‘Abbas]; the subsidy payable by Zanzibar to Muscat; subsidies paid by the British to the ‘chiefs’ on the Mekran [Makran] Coast for protection of the land line of telegraph; the British policy of preventing operations by sea by non-British states; the trade in enslaved persons at Zanzibar; and the eastern frontier of the Persian Empire and Persia’s alleged infractions in the direction of Afghanistan, Seistan [Sistan], Khelat [Kalat] and Mekran.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539097
040-000539101

Is part of:

IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/259-277 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from India

IOR/L/PS/5/262 : 'SECRET LETTERS AND ENCLOSURES FROM INDIA' Vol 4

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0006]/037-000539097[0004]/040-000539101

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (1065 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1868

End Date:

1869

Date Range:

Jan 1868-Jun 1869

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 1067; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Pagination: Multiple pre-existing handwritten and printed pagination sequences are also present.

Former External References:

Volume 4

Arrangement:

There is an alphabetical index of persons, places and subjects on folios 4-97. The page numbers given refer to an original pagination sequence.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)