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IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 720-724
- Record Id:
- 041-004541664
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100184262558.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 720-724
- Title:
- The Re-occupation of Gwadur on the Mekran Coast by HH Syud Toorkee
- Scope & Content:
- This item comprises copies of a secret despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 47 of 1872, dated 24 June 1872. The enclosures are dated from 13 May to 7 June 1872 and concern the re-occupation of Gwadur [Gwadar] by Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The papers cover the taking of Gwadur by Thowaynee [Thuwaynī bin Muḥammad Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Wazeer [wazīr, minister] of Syud Toorkee, and efforts by the British to prevent the Sultan’s brother, Abdool Azeez [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], from leaving Bombay [Mumbai] and returning to Gwadur.
The principal correspondents are: Government of Bombay, Political Department; Government of India, Foreign Department; Captain Samuel Barrett Miles, Acting Assistant Political Agent, Mekran [Makran] Coast; and Sir William Lockyer Merewether; Commissioner in Sind [Sindh].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539097
040-000539109
041-004541664 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/259-277 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from India
IOR/L/PS/5/270 : 'SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA', Vol 12
IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 720-724 : The Re-occupation of Gwadur on the Mekran Coast by HH Syud Toorkee - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0006]/037-000539097[0012]/040-000539109[0014]/041-004541664
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1872
- End Date:
- 1872
- Date Range:
- 24 Jun 1872
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at f 720 and terminates at f 724, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Secret No. 47 of 1872
- Arrangement:
- The item includes an abstract of contents which lists details of the enclosures (folio 721).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Assistant Political Agent, Mekran Coast, 1869-c 1875
Commissioner, Sind, 1848-1936?
Government of Bombay, Political Department, 1754-1934? - Subjects:
- Political affairs
- Places:
- Gwadur, Baluchistan