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Mss Eur F126/86

Record Id:

040-002311378

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002311283

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000389

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023416471.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F126/86

Title:

Papers concerning witnesses and prisoners in the case of the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and the charges of maladministration brought against the Gaekwar.

Scope & Content:

Correspondence, telegrams and lists relating to prisoners and witnesses in both the case of attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, and other cases which were been investigated at the time of the Gaekwar, Malharrao's arrest. Matters discussed include arrangements for the confinement and surveillance of prisoners, discussions about those individuals who could be released on bail, and medical assesments of prisoners in confinement suffering from illnesses.

The correspondence is between Sir Lewis Pelly; Freeman Henry Jackson, Assistant Resident at Baroda; George Edwin Seward, Residency Surgeon at Baroda; Andrew Richard Scoble, Advocate General of Bombay; Frank Henry Souter, Commissioner of Police at Bombay on Special Duty; Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India; and Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary, Government of India.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002311283
036-002311369
040-002311378

Is part of:

Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/78-95 : Sir Lewis Pelly's Baroda Papers

Mss Eur F126/86 : Papers concerning witnesses and prisoners in the case of the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and the charges…

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002311283[0009]/036-002311369[0009]/040-002311378

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file, 29 items (82 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000389

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1875

End Date:

1875

Date Range:

13 Jan 1875-28 Mar 1875

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right corner of the recto of each folio.

Binding: The contents of the file were originally tied together using pink ribbon. The ribbon has been removed, to protect the letters and papers, and placed in a plastic sleeve at the back of the file (folio 82). The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

Arrangement:

The contents of the file were previously bound together, and this original arrangement has been retained.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, 1864-