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IOR/L/PS/5/446

Record Id:

040-000539292

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000538832

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000105

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100123266733.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/5/446

Title:

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 84

Scope & Content:

The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee.

The volume is divided into fourteen items:

Disposal of the Old Lids of the Iron Post Boxes Used for the Closed Mails between England and India (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 4-8)
Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 9-136)
Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 137-170)
Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 171-237)
Reports on the Progress Made in the Formation and Training of the Recruits of the Three New Regiments of Native Infantry Being Raised Under the Bombay Presidency (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 238-245)
The Construction of Defence Works at Aden (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 246-276)
Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 277-330)
Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 331-360)
The Suggestion of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia of Increasing the Duty Levied at Bussorah [Basra] on the Export of Horses (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 361-370)
The Arrival of Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood at Bombay, and the Large French Naval Force Collected at Bourbon [Réunion] (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 371-381)
The Sawunt Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi] ‘Insurgents’ in Confinement at Goa (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 382-435)
The Proposed Defences of the Fort and Harbour of Bombay (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 436-440)
The Scinde [Sindh] Prize Property (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 441-547)
Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 548-577).

The copies of enclosures to despatches are dated 1 October to 2 November 1846, but one of the items (IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 331-360) includes a note dated 29 October 1906, recording that two enclosures listed in the abstract of contents are missing from the item.

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
040-000539292

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/5/446 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 84

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0084]/040-000539292

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (577 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000105

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Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1846

End Date:

1906

Date Range:

1 Oct 1846-29 Oct 1906

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 579; 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 also present in parallel between ff 5-577; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The last 2 folios (ff 578-579) are stuck together and have not been separated for conservation purposes.

Former External References:

Volume 84

Arrangement:

The enclosures to each despatch within the volume (each item) are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in numerical (by despatch number) and chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch are preceded by an abstract of contents (except IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 4-8 and IOR/L/PS/5/446, ff 277-330), in which the despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the abstract of contents 2, and the enclosures 3, 4, etc. The numbers listed in the abstract of contents are recorded for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, along with the original reference, and a description of each enclosure.

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?