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IOR/L/PS/5/504

Record Id:

040-000539350

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000538832

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x00013f

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100078845595.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/5/504

Title:

Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 142

Scope & Content:

The volume contains Enclosures to Despatches from the Secret Department of HM's Government of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to the Political and Secret Department of the India Office. The Despatches are dated 9 January 1860 to 22 June 1860. The Enclosures contain correspondence dated 1859-60.

The main subjects covered by the Enclosures include: Aden affairs (including French influence in the Red Sea, and the slave trade); Zanzibar Affairs (especially the slave trade); Turkish Arabia affairs (general reports, including telegraphic communications, relations with Persia, river transport, and grain shortages); and Bahrain Affairs (especially the threat of conflict with the Emirate of Najd, and alleged overtures by the Ruler of Bahrain to surrender sovereignty over Bahrain to Persia or the Ottoman Empire, IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334).

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
040-000539350

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/5/504 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 142

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0142]/040-000539350

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (424 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x00013f

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Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1860

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

9 Jan 1860-22 Jun 1860

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

Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.

Former External References:

Volume 142

Arrangement:

There is an alphabetical subject index to the Enclosures on folios 360-423. The page references in the index refer to the original pagination sequence in the volume.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)