IOR/L/PS/5/393, ff 1-384

This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a General Letter from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1841, dated 31 March 1841. The enclosures are dated 29 December 1840 to 31 March 1841. They largely relate to the situation in Sinde [Sindh], and Afghanistan.

The enclosures consist of copies of letters sent and letters received by the Government of Bombay, and copies of other documents including minutes by the Governor of Bombay, the Commander in Chief, and others.

The main correspondents and recipients are as follows: the Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent in Lower Sinde; the Political Agent in Upper Sinde; the Adjutant General of the Army; the Quarter Master General of the Army; the Military Board; and the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul].

The enclosures relate to matters including: the complaints of Major General G B Brooks about the ‘capricious’ conduct of Captain Wardell and Lieutenant Mylne, two officers attached to the Sinde Field Force; the transport to Kurratchee [Karachi] of the heavy ordnance and military stores required at Cabool; the appointment of Major General Brooks to Command the troops above and below the Beloochistan [Balochistan] Passes; the ‘gallant’ conduct of Captain Brown and the detachment under his command in the defence of Kahun; the question of the future strength and distribution of the Sinde Field Force to be stationed in Upper Sinde; the unsuccessful attack on the Fort of Kujjuck by the Field detachment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P P Wilson; British political relations with the Heraut [Herat] Government being broken off, and the withdrawal of the British Mission from Heraut; and the potential march of troops to Herat.

The enclosures also include:

• Copies of extracts from the Gwalior Akbar, containing a précis of the latest news from Gwalior (No. 38, ff 130-131)
• Précis of intelligence forwarded by the Political Agent in Upper Sinde (Nos. 42-45, ff 143-166)
• Copies of News Letters from the Secretary to the Government of India consisting of précis of intelligence received from areas in India and elsewhere including: the North West Frontier, Peshawur [Peshawar], Afghanistan, Upper Sinde, Persia [Iran], Gwalior, Nipaul [Nepal], Khyva [Khiva], Egypt and Kohistan (Nos. 71-73, ff 266-286).