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IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 1a-27
- Record Id:
- 041-003472717
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093449739.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108893197.0x00000b
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 1a-27
- Title:
- Bokhaurau Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of letters from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stoddart at Bokhaurau [Bukhara, also spelled Bokhara in this item], mostly concerning the desire of the Ameer [Emir] of Bokhaurau for a treaty of alliance with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Stoddart also gives his opinion on the disposition of the Shauh of Persia [Shah of Iran] towards the ‘English’. The letters are mainly addressed to Lord Palmerston, HM Minister for Foreign Affairs. There are also extracts of letters from Stoddart to Arthur Conolly, a letter to the Secretary to the Government of India, and a letter from Stoddart addressed to his relations, brothers and sisters. In addition, there is translated copy of a letter from the King of Bokhara [the Amir of Bukhara, Nasrullah Khan] to Queen Victoria, dated 16 March 1841.
The letters are dated 17 February to 30 March 1841, and the copies were enclosed in a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 47 of 1841, dated 16 June 1841.
- 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
040-000539241
041-003472717 - 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/5/395 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 33
IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 1a-27 : Bokhaurau Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0033]/040-000539241[0001]/041-003472717
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (29 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108893197.0x00000b
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- 16 Jun 1841
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 47 of 1841
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)