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IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 319-374
- Record Id:
- 041-003678417
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105232939.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 319-374
- Title:
- The Steam Ship Nitocris on the Rivers of Mesopotamia
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 102 of 1848, dated 30 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-36 and are dated 13 January to 23 December 1848. They mostly consist of copies of correspondence, and minutes by the Governor of Bombay, regarding the East India Company's steam ship Nitocris on the rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq].
The enclosures discuss matters including:
- An application from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia for sanction to purchase a supply of two hundred tons of coal for the use of the Nitocris, which was about to be despatched from England to Bussorah [Basra]
- The views of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy on the inexpediency of allowing Commander James Felix Jones to be absent from the Nitocris for the purpose of conducting surveys in Mesopotamia and adjacent areas
- The grant of a superior command allowance to Commander Jones of the Nitocris while employed on the rivers of Mesopotamia
- The continuance of the allowance of one hundred rupees per month granted to Commander Jones, for defraying the expenses incurred in making presents to Arab Chiefs.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Arthur Malet); the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia (Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (Commodore Sir Robert Oliver); the Secretary to the Government of India (Henry Miers Elliot); and the Military Auditor General, Bombay (Lieutenant Colonel George Moore).
- 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
040-000539304
041-003678417 - 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/5/458 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 319-374 : The Steam Ship Nitocris on the Rivers of Mesopotamia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0096]/040-000539304[0011]/041-003678417
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (56 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x000009
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 30 Nov 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 102 of 1848
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatches, numbered 1-36, on folios 320-324. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)