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IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 81-113
- Record Id:
- 041-003708012
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108806217.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100132261712.0x000011
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 81-113
- Title:
- Supply of tents to Tehran, communications in India, and the trade in enslaved persons in Oman
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosure nos. 2-18 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 17 January 1852. The enclosures are dated 16 June 1851-17 January 1852.
The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to four separate subjects.
Folios 85-97 cover a complaint from the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran] that tents supplied to the British Mission at Tehran by the Government of Bombay in 1849 have proven to be of inferior quality to previous batches, and an enquiry into the tendering process and specifications of the tents.
Folios 98-99 consist of an extract from a resolution by the East India Company Secret Committee relating to the establishment of steam navigation on the Indus and Punjab rivers for the purposes of communication.
Folios 100-103 cover attempts to reduce the volume of communications between departments of the Government of India.
Folios 104-113 cover the trade in enslaved persons within the dominions of the Imam of Muscat and Oman (including Zanzibar), and efforts against it by both the Imam and the British.
The primary correspondents are: the Envoy in Tehran; the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; the Secret Committee; and the British Consul, Muscat. - 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
040-000539318
041-003708012 - 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/5/472 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 110
IOR/L/PS/5/472, ff 81-113 : Supply of tents to Tehran, communications in India, and the trade in enslaved persons in Oman - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0110]/040-000539318[0009]/041-003708012
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (33 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100132261712.0x000011
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 17 Jan 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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