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IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 452-710
- Record Id:
- 041-003441199
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075577700.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 452-710
- Title:
- Affairs in Scinde and Elsewhere
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a Despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 72 of 1841, dated 1 September 1841. The enclosures are dated 30 March to 1 September 1841, and mostly relate to Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde].
The enclosures mostly consist of correspondence, and the following: précis of Intelligence from the Upper Scinde Agency; memoranda of occurrences at the Lower Scinde Agency; and newsletters from the Assistant Secretary to the Government of India.
The main correspondents include: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay and the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent, Lower Scinde [Sindh]; the Military Board; the Political Commissioner for Guzerat [Gujarat]; and the Quarter Master General of the Army.
The enclosures include correspondence regarding: information requested by the Government of India on the medical statistics of the various stations of the troops employed to the Westward, and especially of Shaul, Cutchee, and Upper Scinde; the claim for compensation by the contractor of camels obtained at Pahlunpoor [Palanpur, also spelled Pahlunpore] in 1839 for use in Sinde; and other matters.
The newsletters from the Assistant Secretary to the Government of India report on news relating to places in India and elsewhere, including: the North West Frontier; Peshawur [Peshawar]; Upper Sinde; Lower Sinde; Gwalior; Cashmere [Kashmir]; Afghanistan, including Candahar [Kandahar]; Aden; Kokund [Kokand]; Persia [Iran], including Ispahan [Isfahan]; Baghdad; Muscat; Nepal (also spelled Nepaul); and China.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539243
041-003441199 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/397 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 35
IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 452-710 : Affairs in Scinde and Elsewhere - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0035]/040-000539243[0005]/041-003441199
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (259 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100080372732.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- 1 Sep 1841
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Secret No. 72 of 1841
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-60, on folios 454-464. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure. Enclosures 3-5, 49, and 53-58, listed in the abstract of contents, are not included in the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)