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Mss Eur G37/8/10
- Record Id:
- 040-000800344
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000800293
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000286.0x0000c3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G37/8/10
- Title:
- Documents concerning Clive's jagir and his bequest from Mir Jafar.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000799670
036-000800293
040-000800344 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur G37 : The Clive Collection, comprising the papers of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), Governor of Bengal 1757-1760…
Mss Eur G37/8 : Documents relating to military affairs in India, Clive's jagir and Clive's administration.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 : Documents concerning Clive's jagir and his bequest from Mir Jafar. - Contains:
- Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.1-2 : Copy of a sheet of accounts between the Company and Clive concerning payment of receipts from the jagir between December…
Mss Eur G37/8/10 f.3 : Copy of the texts of indentures signed by Clive and the Company concerning the payment of revenues from the jagir and…
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.4-5 : Answer from Henry Vansittart to the nawab (presumably either Mir Jafar or Mir Kasim) concerning the jagir.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 f.6 : Copy of the terms of the indenture made between Clive and the Company extending his tenure of the jagir for 10 years.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 f.7 : Ratification of Clive's title to the jagir, probably by Najir ud-Daula.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 f.8-10 : Translation and a copy thereof of a document in Persian outlining the bequest made by Mir Jafar to Clive.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.11-27 : Printed announcements of the ballot upon the question of extending Clive's term in the jagir and handbills encouraging…
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.28-31 : Extracts from the minutes of a General Court recording discussion and voting upon a resolution to extend Clive's…
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.32-33 : Records of ballots held upon a motion and resolution concerning the jagir.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.34-37 : Printed outline of the settlement achieved between Clive and the Company in May 1764 concerning the jagir.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 f.38 : Record of a statement of thanks and congratulation made to Clive by the Court of Directors on his final return to England.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.39-42 : Copies of a list of the timescale of events surrounding Clive's return to India in 1764-5 and Mir Jafar's bequest…
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.43-44 : Record of a motion and resolution at a General Court concerning the extension to the tenure of the jagir.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.45-47 : Questions posed concerning various aspects of the jagir, including the possible consequences of its sale. Some are in…
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.48-50 : Attested copy of the payment of part of the revenues of the jagir to the Company in order that it might be paid to Clive.
Mss Eur G37/8/10 ff.51 : Copy of Mr Hastings' representation to the Board concerning payments from the jagir.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur G37/8/10 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000799670[0008]/036-000800293[0010]/040-000800344
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur G37
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file containing 51 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1779
- Date Range:
- 1760s-1770s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur G37/Box 8 File 10
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)