'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA.'
IOR/L/PS/5/128
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The record is made up of 1 volume (772 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1837-22 May 1838. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The volume consists of Enclosures to Despatches to the East India Company Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , dated 9 September-27 December 1837. The Despatches themselves are not included in the volume.
The main subjects covered by the enclosures include: negotiations over a modified treaty with the new King of Oude; affairs in Nepal, including the removal of the King's Minister, and the death of the King's son; the affairs of Ranjit Singh, Ruler of the Punjab; and affairs in Afghanistan, including correspondence from Captain Alexander Burnes, on a Commercial Mission to Kabul, and Charles Masson. IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 317-366 contains reports by the Commander-in-Chief, India, on the military defence of India.
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- 1 volume (772 folios)
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- 196 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 1-9876 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 99-136132 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 137-20252 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 203-228144 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-30024 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 301-3128 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 313-31698 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 317-366800 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 366-7658 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 766-769
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The volume is divided by a number of blue dividers, to which are attached white tabs numbered in red 11-22, running from the front to the rear of the volume. These represent the number of each Despatches to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. . There is no number 16. The Enclosures within each Despatch (tab) are preceded by an Abstract of Contents, in which the Despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the Abstract of Contents 2, and the Enclosures 3, 4, etc. The Enclosures are then filed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The numbers listed in the Abstract of Contents are recorded for reference on the last verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of each Enclosure, along with the reference, description, and date of receipt by the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. .
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 769; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- 9 Apr 1837-22 May 1838 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Muhammad Ali Shah
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- Government of France, First French Empire
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- 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA.'
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- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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- 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA.'
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- Elphinstone Institution xx Bombay Native Education Society
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- 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 1-98
- Title
- Oudh Affairs
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 99-136
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- Nepal Affairs
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 137-202
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- Treaty between the East India Company and the King of Oudh
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 203-228
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- Nepal Affairs
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- 203r:228v
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300
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- Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 301-312
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- Papers concerning a Letter from King Louis Phillippe of France to Maharajah Ranjit Singh
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 313-316
- Title
- Nepal Affairs
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- 313r:316v
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 317-366
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- Reports by the Commander-in-Chief in India on the Military Position in India
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- 317r:365v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 366-765
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- Sindh, Punjab, and Afghanistan Affairs
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- 366r:415v, 418v:426v, 428r:467v, 469r:496v, 499r:582r, 583v:602r, 604r:670r, 671v:676r, 679r:689v, 693r:716v, 718v:750v, 752r:765v
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 766-769
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- Nepal Affairs
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- 766r:769v
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