‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 62

Content

The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department 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. . The volume is divided into thirteen items:

• Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 1a-4)
• Persia [Iran] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 5-106)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 107-155)
• Hong Kong Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 156-161)
• Scinde [Sindh] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 162-252)
• Scinde Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 253-272)
• North West Frontier Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 273-279)
• North West Frontier Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 280-282)
• Bokhara [Bukhara] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 283-355)
• Bagdad [Baghdad Affairs] (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 356-369)
• Tehran Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 370-401)
• Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 402-425)
• Scinde Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 426-513).

Extent and format

1 volume (514 folios)

It is grouped into

Turkish Arabia Affairs

8 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 1a-4

Persia Affairs

206 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 5-106

Aden Afairs

98 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 107-155

Hong Kong Affairs

11 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 156-161

Scinde [Sindh] Affairs

183 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 162-252

Scinde [Sindh] Affairs

40 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 253-272

North West Frontier Affairs

14 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 273-279

North West Frontier Affairs

6 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 280-282

Bokhara [Bukhara] Affairs

146 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 283-355

Bagdad Affairs

28 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 356-369

Tehran Affairs

64 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 370-401

Muscat Affairs

48 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 402-425

Scinde [Sindh] Affairs

176 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 426-513

Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch within the volume (each item) are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in numerical (by despatch number) and chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch are preceded by an abstract of contents (bar one or two exceptions), in which the despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the abstract of contents 2, and the enclosures 3, 4, etc. The numbers listed in the abstract of contents are recorded for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure, along with the original reference, and a description of each enclosure.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 514; 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. An intermittent 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. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 1a and f 11a.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/424

Former external reference(s)

Volume 62

History of this record

Date(s)

26 Aug 1843-31 Oct 1843 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

East India Company, Court of Directors, Secret CommitteeGovernment of Bombay, Political Department

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