IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 359-373

This item comprises an abstract listing enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 146 of 1846, dated 11 December 1846. In the abstract the enclosures are dated 4 November 1844-26 November 1846.

The enclosures, which are not present in this item, relate to the proceedings of the Government of Bombay in connection with Aga Khan Mehlatee [Āqā Khān Maḥallātī also known as Ḥasan ‘Alī Shāh], a refugee subject of the Government of Persia [Iran], including: his residence in Sind [Sindh] and then Bombay [Mumbai]; the attendance of a European Medical Officer on Aga Khan and his family in Sind; the allowance paid for his support by the Government of Bombay; the refusal of the Persian Government to grant permission for him to re-visit Sind (in 1846) to settle his affairs; the demand of the Persian Government that he be removed to Calcutta [Kolkata]; the Shah of Persia's encouragement of his return to Persia and promises to receive him 'kindly' and release all his property and estate from sequestration; the payment of arrears of his allowance by the Government of Bombay; and his apparent wish to return to Persia.