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IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 474-499
- Record Id:
- 041-003726056
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113510643.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129828648.0x000016
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 474-499
- Title:
- Affairs in Sind, Bhawulpoor, Mekran, and Rajpootana
- 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 23 of 1853, dated 29 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-17 and are dated 28 December 1852 to 28 March 1853.
The enclosures consist of correspondence, and minutes by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by Board. They concern matters including:
- Affairs at Bhawulpoor [Bahawalpur, also spelled Bhawulpore in this item], and troops from Upper Sind [Sindh] being held in readiness for service in Bhawulpoor
- An irregularity in the application of the Commander in Sind for the possible requisition of troops from Upper Sind
- Persian [Iranian] troops occupying Kussurkund [Qasr-e Qand] in Mekran [Makran], and being expected to arrive at Gwadir [Gwadar]
- The march of the Rajpootana [Rajputana] Field Force from Nusseerabad [Nasirabad] to aid in the capture of the Fort of Narawlee [Narauli? Also spelled Narolee and Narowly in this item], and the surrender of the fort on 12 March 1853
- An attack by the Murrees [Marri, also spelled Marrees in this item] in the town of Poolajee [Phuleji or Foliji] in the Khelat [Kalat] territory
- The disposal of the money from the sale of certain confiscated gold belonging to Meer Ali Morad [Mīr ʿAlī Murād Khān Tālpūr], and the Commissioner in Sind’s suggestion that it could be spent on building school rooms in Upper Sind.
The principle correspondents are as follows: the Commissioner in Sind, Henry Bartle Edward Frere; the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet; the Quarter Master General of the Army, Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel J Holland; the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hancock; and the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Charles Allen.
- 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
041-003726056 - 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 474-499 : Affairs in Sind, Bhawulpoor, Mekran, and Rajpootana - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0114]/040-000539322[0022]/041-003726056
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (26 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100129828648.0x000016
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 29 Mar 1853
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 23 of 1853
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-17, on folios 475-476. 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)