Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 142

Content

The volume contains Enclosures to Despatches from the Secret Department of HM's 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. , Bombay Castle, to the Political and Secret Department of the 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. . The Despatches are dated 9 January 1860 to 22 June 1860. The Enclosures contain correspondence dated 1859-60.

The main subjects covered by the Enclosures include: Aden affairs (including French influence in the Red Sea, and the slave trade); Zanzibar Affairs (especially the slave trade); 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. affairs (general reports, including telegraphic communications, relations with Persia, river transport, and grain shortages); and Bahrain Affairs (especially the threat of conflict with the Emirate of Najd, and alleged overtures by the Ruler of Bahrain to surrender sovereignty over Bahrain to Persia or the Ottoman Empire, IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334).

Extent and format

1 volume (424 folios)

It is grouped into

Afghanistan Affairs

12 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 4-9

Aden Affairs

8 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 10-13

Turkish Arabia Affairs

16 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 14-21

Abyssinia and Red Sea Affairs

14 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 22-28

Zanzibar Affairs

12 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 29-34

Turkish Arabia Affairs

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 35-36

Red Sea Affairs

50 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 37-61

Aden Affairs

8 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 62-65

Zanzibar Affairs

32 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 66-81

Afghanistan Affairs

32 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 82-97

Aden Affairs

12 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 98-103

Bahrain Affairs

194 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 104-200

Reports concerning Gunboats

8 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 201-204

Turkish Arabia Affairs

26 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 205-217

Abyssinia Affairs

16 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 218-225

Turkish Arabia Affairs

6 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 226-228

Turkish Arabia Affairs

4 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 229-230

Abysssinia Affairs

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, f 231

Zanzibar Affairs

42 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 232-252

Correspondence concerning the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Mansfield as a Member of Council of the Government of Bombay

12 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 253-258

Turkish Arabia Affairs

10 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 259-263

Zanzibar Affairs

44 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 264-285

Bahrain Affairs

98 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334

Aden Affairs

4 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 335-336

Abyssinia Affairs

4 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 337-338

Amalgamation of the Russian and Armenian Churches

42 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 339-359

Arrangement

There is an alphabetical subject index to the Enclosures on folios 360-423. The page references in the index refer to the original pagination sequence in the volume.

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 426; 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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English and French 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/5/504

Former external reference(s)

Volume 142

History of this record

Date(s)

9 Jan 1860-22 Jun 1860 (CE, Gregorian)

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