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IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 14
- Record Id:
- 041-000543424
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000539940
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000230.0x000216
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 14
- Title:
- ‘Zanzibar – Section of a Jail’
- Scope & Content:
- This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of February 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of India Foreign Department Letter Political No. 109 of 8 July 1868 to the Secretary of State for India (received 16 August 1868) on the subject of a proposed prison in Zanzibar. The papers record that the Government of India was willing to sanction the expenditure of 10,000 rupees on the construction of a prison. The collection was compiled for information purposes for the Secretary of State for India to compose the answering Political Despatch. The papers include plans of the proposed prison (ff 596-598), and a sketch map showing the location of the prison in relation to the town of Zanzibar (f 601).
The main correspondents are the following: the Government of Bombay; the Secretary of the Government of India; the Political Agent, Zanzibar; and the Inspector General of Prisons.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000539452
037-000539940
040-000543401
041-000543424 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/6 : Political Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/6/459-602 : Collections to India Political Dispatches
IOR/L/PS/6/560 : ‘INDIA POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. NOS. 1. TO 15. 1869.’, Vol 101
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 14 : ‘Zanzibar – Section of a Jail’ - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 14, ff 596v-597 : ‘PLAN OF THE JAIL AT ZANZIBAR’
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 14, f 598 : ‘PLAN OF THE GROUND PURCHARSED BY DR SEWARD FOR THE ERECTION OF A PRISON’
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 14, f 601 : Map of Zanzibar Prison
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 14 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0006]/036-000539452[0034]/037-000539940[0102]/040-000543401[0023]/041-000543424
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1868
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 8 Jul 1868-4 Feb 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Coll 14
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar, 1841-1914
- Subjects:
- Building construction
Prisons - Places:
- Zanzibar, Zanzibar Island, Africa
- Related Material:
- See also Ind Pol 4 Feb 1869, 14/1869, IOR/L/PS/6/457 p 1542