'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 85

Content

The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. 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 twenty-three items:

• Despatches relative to: the Ex-Ameers of Scinde [Amīrs of Sindh], and Matters Concerning the Regiments, Corps and the Superintendent of the Canal Department in Sinde [Sindh] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 3-74)
• Enlistment and Training of Recruits for Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 75-84)
• Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 85-105)
• Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 106-118)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 119-181)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 182-213)
• Sawant Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi] Affairs: The Conspiracy Found at Goa for the Murder of the Governor-General of that Settlement (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 214-221)
• Journal of a Steam Trip to the North of Bagdad, with Sketches, by Lieutenant Jones of the Indian Navy (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224)
• Sattara [Satara] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 225-237)
• The Defences of the Harbour of Bombay [Mumbai] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, f 238-239)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 240-255)
• Affairs of Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr] in Confinement at Surat (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 256-270)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 271-339)
• Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 340-358)
• Affairs Relating to Aga Khan Mehlatee [Āqā Khān Maḥallātī], a Refugee Subject of the Persian Government (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 359-373)
• Progress Made in the Training of Recruits for Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 374-381)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 382-411)
• Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 412-446)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 447-454)
• Despatches Relative to: the Expenses and Status of the Sind [Sindh] Camel and Baggage Corps and Belooch Battalions; the Use of Indus Flotilla Vessels to further the Traffic on the Indus River; the Removal of Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan from Confinement in the Fort at Surat Due to his Ill Health (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 455-501)
• Bagdad Pachalic Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 502-513)
• The Case of Aga Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī], the Persian Consul in Bombay (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 514-539)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs: The Murder at Bushire [Bushehr] of the Governor of the Roodhilla Districts [Dehrud-e Olya] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 540-549).

Extent and format

1 volume (548 folios)

It is grouped into

Despatches Relative to: the Ex-Ameers of Scinde [Amīrs of Sindh]; and Matters Concerning the Regiments, Corps and the Superintendent of the Canal Department in Sinde [Sindh]

144 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 3-74

Enlistment and Training of Recruits for Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency

20 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 75-84

Persian Affairs

42 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 85-105

Bagdad Pachalic Affairs

26 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 106-118

Aden Affairs

126 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 119-181

Aden Affairs

64 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 182-213

Sawant Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi] Affairs: The Conspiracy Found at Goa for the Murder of the Governor-General of that Settlement

16 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 214-221

Journal of a Steam Trip to the North of Bagdad, with Sketches, by Lieutenant Jones of the Indian Navy

6 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224

Sattara [Satara] Affairs

26 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 225-237

The Defences of the Harbour of Bombay [Mumbai]

4 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 238-239

Aden Affairs

32 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 240-255

Affairs of Ex-Ameer [Amīr] Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr] in Confinement at Surat

30 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 256-270

Aden Affairs

138 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 271-339

Muscat Affairs

38 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 340-358

Affairs Relating to Aga Khan Mehlatee, a Refugee Subject of the Persian Government

29 images

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

Progress Made in the Training of Recruits for Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency

16 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 374-381

Aden Affairs

60 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 382-411

Persian Affairs

70 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 412-446

Aden Affairs

16 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 447-454

Despatches Relative to: the Expenses and Status of the Sind [Sindh] Camel and Baggage Corps and Belooch Battalions; the Use of Indus Flotilla Vessels to Further the Traffic on the Indus River; the Removal of Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr] from Confinement in the Fort at Surat Due to his Ill Health

94 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 455-501

Bagdad Pachalic Affairs

24 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 502-513

The Case of Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee, the Persian Consul in Bombay

52 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 514-539

Persian Gulf Affairs: The Murder at Bushire of the Governor of the Roodhilla Districts

20 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 540-549

Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch (each item) within the volume are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch 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 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. Two of the items in the volume consist of abstracts of contents only, without the accompanying enclosures.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 550; 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.

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/5/447

Former external reference(s)

Volume 87

History of this record

Date(s)

2 Nov 1846-31 Dec 1846 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

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

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