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IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 104-111
- Record Id:
- 041-003791880
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100117307263.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129828640.0x000005
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 104-111
- Title:
- The Battle Axe of Nadir Shah Selected from the Sind Prize Property
- Scope & Content:
-
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 97 of 1847, dated 15 November 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-8 and are dated 2 to 15 November 1847.
The enclosures concern the battle axe of the Emperor Nadir Shah [Nādir Shāh, Shāh of Persia or Iran] selected from the ‘Sind Prize Property’ to be forwarded to England to be ‘placed at the disposal’ of Queen Victoria, including the estimated value of the battle axe.
The enclosures consist of minutes of the Government of Bombay, and correspondence between the following: the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet; the Sind [Sindh] Prize Agents; and the Sub-Treasurer, Bombay.
- 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
040-000539298
041-003791880 - 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/5/452 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 90
IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 104-111 : The Battle Axe of Nadir Shah Selected from the Sind Prize Property - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0090]/040-000539298[0005]/041-003791880
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100129828640.0x000005
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 15 Nov 1847
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 97 of 1847
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)