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IOR/L/PS/5/375

Record Id:

040-000539221

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000538832

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x0000be

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100104461457.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/5/375

Title:

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13

Scope & Content:

The volume contains enclosures to despatches, and abstracts of contents of despatches, from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret, Political, Military, Marine and Persian departments, to the East India Company Secret Committee.

The volume is divided into 13 items:

Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 4-104)
‘General Orders. Head Quarters. Army of the Indus. Camp Larkana 4th March 1839’ (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 105-108)
‘Notes on Memo. Submitted on Iron Steam Vessels’ (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 110-112)
Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan, 1839 (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 114-142)
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain] (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 144-216)
Colonel Henry Pottinger’s Arrangements in Sinde [Sindh] Regarding the Advance of the Army of the Indus (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 218-322)
Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 324-373)
‘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’ (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 375-376)
Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran] (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 378-390)
Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 392-525)
Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 527-576)
Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 578-633)
Military Resource and Personnel in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 635-637).

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539221

Is part of:

IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay

IOR/L/PS/5/375 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0013]/040-000539221

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (637 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x0000be

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1839

End Date:

1839

Date Range:

Apr 1839-May 1839

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 639; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Arrangement:

The enclosures to each despatch within the volume are separated by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are not arranged in chronological order.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)