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IOR/L/PS/5/458

Record Id:

040-000539304

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000538832

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000111

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100104503315.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/5/458

Title:

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96

Scope & Content:

The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches (and one abstract of contents to a despatch without the accompanying enclosures) from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee.

The volume is divided into nineteen items:

Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 1a-47)
Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 48-56)
Mooltan [Multan] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 57-137)
Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 138-149)
Baghdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 150-155)
Affairs of Meer Ali Morad [Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur], Khan of Khyrpoor [Khairpur] (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 156-199)
Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 200-220)
The Trade in Enslaved People on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 221-232)
Mooltan [Multan] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 233-295)
Bagdad Pachalic Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 296-318)
The Steam Ship Nitocris on the Rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq] (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 319-374)
Hostilities between the Imam of Muscat and the Shah of Persia, and Persian Actions in Relation to Bahrein [Bahrain] (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 375-399)
Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 400-405)
Mooltan [Multan] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 406-452)
The Training of Seamen as Gunners for Employment on Peninsular and Oriental Company Steam Ships Carrying Mail from Calcutta [Kolkata] to Suez (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 453-461)
Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 462-466)
The Ex-Ameers [Amirs] of Sind [Sindh] and their Relatives and Followers (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 467-521)
Mooltan [Multan] and Punjab Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 522-544)
Abstract of Contents of a Despatch regarding a Petition Received from Narrayen Ruguonath Burway Offering to Make Certain Disclosures in the Case of the Ex-Raja of Sattara [Satara] (IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 545-548).

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
040-000539304

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/5/458 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0096]/040-000539304

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (552 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000111

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1848

End Date:

1848

Date Range:

1 Nov 1848-30 Dec 1848

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1a and terminates at the last folio with 549; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, or the leading flyleaf. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies, f 1a, and f 263a.

Former External References:

Volume 96

Arrangement:

The enclosures to each despatch within the volume (each item) are divided by blue dividers (there is an additional divider at folio 525 of IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 522-544). 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 preceded by an abstract of contents, 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, Chief Secretary, 1803?-1876
Government of Bombay, Political Department, 1754-1934?