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IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 31-46
- Record Id:
- 041-003787777
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116101931.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133904634.0x000016
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 31-46
- Title:
- Sind Affairs: Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Kelat and Persia
- Scope & Content:
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This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 2 dated 2 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 11-16 December 1856.
The papers chiefly comprise two letters from Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind [Sindh], to Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council, Bombay, forwarding the following documents:
- A copy of the report by Captain William Lockyer Merewether, Acting Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind, concerning the convoy recently despatched carrying treasure (three lacs of rupees), arms and ammunition, destined for the Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan in Kandahar [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy]. The report details the journey of a party of the Sind Irregular Horse, under the command of Lieutenant W L Briggs, Acting Assistant Political Superintendent, including the escort provided by officers and men of the Khan of Kelat [Kalat] through Kelat territory and the Bolan Pass [also spelled Bolaan in this item] to Quetta [also spelled Quettah in this item] where Briggs transferred his consignment to a party of Dost Mahomed’s men (ff 34-38)
- A copy of a letter from Merewether who forwards intelligence he has received of: a Persian force assembled at Bunpoor [Bampur] on the frontier of Mekran [Makran]; news of Persian activities in Herat; and relations between the Khan of Kelat and Persia.
- 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
040-000539336
041-003787777 - 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/5/490 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 128
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 31-46 : Sind Affairs: Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Kelat and Persia - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0128]/040-000539336[0002]/041-003787777
- 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_100133904634.0x000016
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 2 Jan 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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