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IOR/L/PS/6/108

Record Id:

040-000539567

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

037-000539564

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x00020a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/6/108

Title:

‘FOREIGN LETTERS FROM INDIA April & May 1873’

Scope & Content:

This volume contains copies of Political, General, Revenue, and Military Despatches from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, mostly dating from April and May 1873.

The Despatches usually consist of a covering letter followed by enclosures (mostly copies of correspondence). Some of the Despatches include an abstract of contents after the covering letter, and there is more than one copy of most of the Despatches.

The Despatches are numbered and dated, and are usually also stamped with the date they were received.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000539452
037-000539564
040-000539567

Is part of:

IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/6 : Political Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/6/106-122 : Foreign Letters and Enclosures from India

IOR/L/PS/6/108 : ‘FOREIGN LETTERS FROM INDIA April & May 1873’

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0006]/036-000539452[0007]/037-000539564[0003]/040-000539567

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (626 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
English

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1872

End Date:

1873

Date Range:

10 Sep 1872-26 Jun 1873

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 531a; 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, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

The sequence contains one foliation omission anomaly, missing out f 525. There are 94 foliation insertion anomalies (e.g. 1a, 3a etc.).

Former External References:

Volume 146

Arrangement:

The Political Despatches are mostly arranged numerically by Despatch number (and chronologically) from the front to the rear of the volume, with a few other types of Despatch (General, Revenue, and Military) interspersed throughout the volume.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)