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IOR/L/PS/5/415

Record Id:

040-000539261

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000538832

MDARK:

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LARK:

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SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/5/415

Title:

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 53

Scope & Content:

The volume consists of Enclosures to Despatches to the East India Company Secret Committee from the Government of Bombay Secret Department, dated 30 November-31 December 1842. The despatches themselves are not included in the volume.

The enclosures relate to various events in Aden, Afghanistan, British India, China, Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf, and Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]. The volume is divided into the following items:

‘Affairs of Aden’ (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 3-267)
Affairs in Sinde [Sindh] and Beloochistan [Balochistan]; Naval Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 268-370)
Account of a Military Action in Afghanistan (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 371-375)
Recovery of Gates Believed to Have Been Plundered from the Temple of Somnath (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 376-384)
‘Construction of two Flats to be towed by the Steamers on the River Indus’ (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 385-387)
‘Affairs at Aden’ (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 388-431)
‘The Flotilla on the River Euphrates’ (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 432-449)
‘The British force to be permanently cantoned between the rivers Sutley [Sutlej] and Murkunda [Kundar]’ (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 450-454)
‘Affairs of China’ (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 455-458)
Recovery of Gates Believed to Have Been Plundered from the Temple of Somnath (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 459-481)
‘Affairs in the Persian Gulf’ (IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 482-614).

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
040-000539261

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/5/415 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 53

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0053]/040-000539261

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (614 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Hindi

Scripts:

Devanagari
Latin

Start Date:

1842

End Date:

1842

Date Range:

30 Nov 1842-31 Dec 1842

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 616; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-615; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Former External References:

Volume 53

Arrangement:

The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch are given a number, which is recorded for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, along with the original reference, and a description of each enclosure. In most items the despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the abstract of contents listing the enclosures is numbered 2, and the enclosures 3, 4, etc.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

East India Company, Court of Directors, Secret Committee, 1683?-1857
Government of Bombay, Political Department, 1754-1934?