Treaty between the East India Company and the King of Oudh

Content

Enclosures to Despatch 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. No. 13, dated 2 October 1837.

The enclosures relate to the signing of a new treaty between the East India Company and the King of Oude [Oudh, Muhammad Ali Shah], and consist mainly of correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel John Low, Resident at Lucknow. The enclosures are dated 26 August-28 September 1837.

The papers cover: reports by the Resident at Lucknow of discussions with the King and his ministers, and the progress of negotiations over a new treaty; copy of the treaty between the East India Company and the King of Oudh, dated 11 September 1837; and letters and minutes from the Governor General and British officials concerning the treaty, the internal administration of Oudh, and British policy toward Oudh.

Extent and format

1 item (66 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/128

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-15, on folios 138-139. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of each enclosure.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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/5/128, ff 137-202

Former external reference(s)

No. 13

History of this record

Date(s)

26 Aug - 2 Oct 1837 (CE, Gregorian)

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