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IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 415-444
- Record Id:
- 041-003953657
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100130545276.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139592713.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 415-444
- Title:
- Euphrates Flotilla
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 136 of 1842, dated 29 November 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-16 and are dated 7 October to 30 November 1842. They consist of papers, mainly correspondence, relating to the steam ship flotilla on the River Euphrates.
The correspondence discusses matters including:
- The approval of the Government of India and the Government of Bombay to the proposal of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver, that the single steamer which is to be left on the Euphrates should be placed under the orders of the Commodore in the Persian Gulf, and be placed by him at the disposal of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]
- The Honourable Company’s steamers Assyria and Nimrod, brought down to Bombay [Mumbai] from the Euphrates, being fitted out for service on the Indus
- A report of the proceedings of the Honourable Company’s flotilla on the Euphrates and Tigris for the months of August and September 1842
- The Government of Bombay informing Commander Henry Blosse Lynch (commanding the steam flotilla on the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris) in response to his report on the depot at Marghill [Al Ma‘qil], that it is not necessary for it to either purchase or rent the buildings at the depot as the Euphrates Flotilla has been disbanded
- The Government of Bombay requesting the removal of the stores at Marghill and at other places on the River Euphrates to the Bombay Presidency, with the exception of those which are required by the steamer Nitrocris, ordered to be retained for service on the Euphrates.
The correspondence is between the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby; the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Thomas Herbert Maddock; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor; the President and Governor in Council of Bombay, Sir George Arthur; and Commander Lynch.
- 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
040-000539260
041-003953657 - 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/5/414 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 52
IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 415-444 : Euphrates Flotilla - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0148]/040-000539260[0012]/041-003953657
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (30 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100139592713.0x000002
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1842
- End Date:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- 29 Nov 1842
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- No. 136 of 1842
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)