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IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 435-450
- Record Id:
- 041-003726052
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113508126.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129828648.0x000012
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 435-450
- Title:
- Affairs in Bhawulpoor
- 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 19 of 1853, dated 14 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 25 November 1852 to 9 March 1853.
Most of the enclosures consist of correspondence regarding ‘disturbances’ in the Bhawulpoor territory [Bahawalpur], in relation to the disputed succession of Saadut (also spelled Sadick Khan in this item) [Ṣādiq III] as Nawab Amir and his deposition by Hajee Khan alias Mahomed Futteh Khan [Muḥammad Fath' Khān], and the possibility of troops being required to be sent into Bhawulpoor territory from Upper Sind [Sindh].
The main correspondents are as follows: the Commissioner in Sind (Henry Bartle Edward Frere); the Quarter Master General of the Army; and the Government of Bombay.
This item also includes: a letter from HM Envoy at Tehran, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, forwarding an extract from a recent number of the official Gazette published in Tehran, announcing that an arrangement had been concluded between the Prince Governor of Khorassan [Khorasan] and Alee Khan Seestanee ['Ali Khān Sistanī] for the protection of roads; and a minute by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by the Board, directing that copies of Sheil’s letter be sent to the Commissioner in Sind, the Government of India, and the Secret Committee.
- 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
040-000539322
041-003726052 - 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/5/476 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 114
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 435-450 : Affairs in Bhawulpoor - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0114]/040-000539322[0018]/041-003726052
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (16 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100129828648.0x000012
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 14 Mar 1853
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 19 of 1853
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-10, on folios 435-436. 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)