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IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 508-536
- Record Id:
- 041-004251996
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145661194.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162404239.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 508-536
- Title:
- Proceedings of the Government of Bombay
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 49 of 1847, dated 12 May 1847. The enclosures are dated 6 March to 7 May 1847 and primarily contain correspondence relating to the political prisoners, the ex-Ameers [Amīrs] of Sind [Sindh], including: their transportation from Surat Castle to Calcutta [Kolkata]; the military detail guarding the ex-Ameers; and the lifting of the Government of India’s objections against the rights of the ex-Ameers to select a portion of property from the Sind Prize Property.
The item also contains correspondence relating to the disclosure of extracts from the secret correspondence of a deceased officer, lately accused of a breach of faith, shared with his executor and widow.
Correspondents include the following: Governor-General of India; Secretary to the Governor-General of India; Governor of Bombay; Agent to the Government of India at Surat; Secretary to the Government of Sind; and the Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay.There is a note in red ink on folio 512 indicating enclosures 21-22 are missing, dated 30 October 1906.
- 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
040-000539294
041-004251996 - 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/5/448 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 86
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 508-536 : Proceedings of the Government of Bombay - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0086]/040-000539294[0019]/041-004251996
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (28 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 12 May 1847
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 49 of 1847
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Political prisoners
Prize property - Places:
- Surat, India