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IOR/L/PS/5/268

Record Id:

040-000539107

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000538832

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000053

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100084577944.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/5/268

Title:

Secret Letters and Enclosures from the Government of India

Scope & Content:

Government of India Foreign Department letters (marked 'Secret' or 'Political'), sent to the Secretary of State for India, with Enclosures.

The letters are dated 10 October - 27 December 1871.

The papers relate to Zanzibar, Afghanistan, India, Persia, Turkish Arabia, Aden, Muscat, the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, and Nejd [Najd].

Important topics include: the work of the mission to achieve the settlement and demarcation of the frontier between Persia and Kalat in Baluchistan, led by Major-General Frederick John Goldsmid; the operations of Ottoman military and naval forces in Nejd and the Persian Gulf; the ramifications of the seizure and execution at Bahrain of a messenger who was carrying letters for the Ottoman Government; the accession of Saiyid Barghash as Sultan of Zanzibar; and the accession of Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd as Sultan of Muscat.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539097
040-000539107

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/5/268 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from the Government of India

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0006]/037-000539097[0010]/040-000539107

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (667 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000053

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1871

End Date:

1872

Date Range:

9 Jan 1871-30 Jan 1872

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 669; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has foliations anomaly, f 30.

Former External References:

[Volume 10]

Arrangement:

The Letters and Enclosures are filed in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The volume includes an index on folios 4-68. Entries in the index refer to entries in the volume, in accordance with the pagination system on folios 69-665. Many of the items consist of the Despatch (No. 1), an Abstract of Contents (No. 2), and the Enclosures to the Despatch, (Nos. 3, 4, etc.), each numbered in accordance with the number given in the Abstract of Contents. The Enclosures to each Despatch are in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)