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Mss Eur F126/69

Record Id:

040-002311360

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002311283

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003d0

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023589124.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F126/69

Title:

'Rajpootana [Rājasthān] - Drafts. Issue. Demi-Official File 1873'

Scope & Content:

The file consists of correspondence from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to the Political Agents and other officials in Rajpootana; and officials within the Government of India, including Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, and Captain Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook).

The correspondence focuses on day to day matters in Rajpootana; and major events such as the Durbars at Agra and Bīkāner; vacant appointments within the state.

The Political Agents and officials in Rajpootana that Colonel Pelly was communicating with included Captain Thomas Cadell, Captain Arthur William Roberts, Colonel William Howell Beynon, Colonel Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson, Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, Captain James Cavan Berkeley, Colonel William Carnell, Captain Charles Shuttleworth, Leslie Saunders, Henry Byam Abbott, Charles William Burton and Adelbert Cecil Talbot.

Also included in the file, on folios 92-95 is a letter from Lewis Pelly, in response to a request from the Government of India, giving his thoughts on the advisability or otherwise of Her Majesty's Government developing Pearl Fisheries in the deeper channels of the Persian Gulf.

Folio 3 consists of a note containing a second description for the file 'Miscellaneous notes private & demi official - correspondence with Sir Bartle Frere, Sir W Ridgway and E Baring, mostly 1873-1876'. This description does not appear to belong to this file.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002311283
036-002311359
040-002311360

Is part of:

Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/69-77 : Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency Papers

Mss Eur F126/69 : Rajpootana [Rājasthān] - Drafts. Issue. Demi-Official File 1873

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002311283[0008]/036-002311359[0001]/040-002311360

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file, 62 items (107 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x0003d0

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1873

End Date:

1873

Date Range:

11 Jul 1873-14 Dec 1873

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. Foliation anomaly: 106a.

Conservation: The original string binding for these papers has been removed and placed in protective plastic towards the rear of the file (f 106).

Arrangement:

The contents of the file have been arranged chronologically, with undated letters being placed at the rear of the file.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Assistant to the Governor-General's Agent, Rajputana, Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara, 1833-c 1940
Government of India, Foreign Secretary, 1843-1937
Political Agent, Alwar, 1858-Early 20th century
Political Agent, Eastern Rajputana States, Late 19th century
Political Agent, Erinpura, Late 19th century
Political Agent, Haroli and Deoli, Late 19th century
Political Agent, Jodhpur, 1839-1880
Political Agent, Mewar, 1842?-1883?
Political Agent, Nasirabad, Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India, 1773-1947
Resident, Jaipur, 1821-1947

Subjects:

Durbars