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Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28
- Record Id:
- 041-002748873
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022739351.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024102679.0x000006
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28
- Title:
- Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
- Scope & Content:
-
Letter enclosing a note from Pundit Munphool in which he asks to be considered for the Dewanship of Kotah, and giving his (Burton's) recommendation of him as a being capable of the role and referncing an excerpt from his annual report to Colonel John Cheape Brooke 31 May 1873 in which he had reported on him.
- Letter from Munphool Pundit, Bikaneer [Bīkāner] to Captain Charles William Burton, Assistant Agent to the Governor General, Bikaneer, 6 December 1873, regarding the appointment of the Diwanship of Kota, which Nuwwab [Nawab] Faiz Uber Khan has declined and asking that his name be put before Colonel Pelly for the vacancy. The letter also details the services he has rendered thus far, his departure from Bikaneer owing to ill health and his hopes that a recent change of air would restore his health and that he would be able to be of service to the Government again.
- 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
040-002311363
041-002748873 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/69-77 : Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency Papers
Mss Eur F126/72 : Bickaneer [Bīkāner] Agency - D.O. Letters from Captain Burton
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28 : Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0008]/036-002311359[0004]/040-002311363[0006]/041-002748873
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 4 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00033b
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1873
- End Date:
- 1873
- Date Range:
- 6 Dec 1873
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Conservation: The letter was originally tied together with pink wool which was removed to enable the letter to be read fully, and the letter placed in an acid-free paper folder instead. The wool tie was placed at the rear of the folder in a plastic sleeve and labelled as folio 28a.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)