Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 144 [‎275r] (556/562)

Content

Inscribed: 'Secret Dept. Bombay Enclosures. January to June 1861.' (folio 5).

The volume contains enclosures to dispatches 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 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 dispatches are dated 12 January to 27 June 1861, and are numbered 1-23. There is no dispatch no. 13 present in the volume. The enclosures contain correspondence dated 1860-61.

The enclosures relate to Abyssinia, Aden, 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. , the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Red Sea, and Zanzibar.

Important topics include: the slave trade; the military operations of Emperor Tewodros II against rebels in Abyssinia; reports on the conduct of Ottoman governors at Baghdad; French influence at Zanzibar; and enquiries into the alleged murder of the former French Consular Agent at Aden, Henri Lambert.

Extent and format

1 volume (276 folios)

Arrangement

There is an alphabetical subject index to the Enclosures on folios 7-67. 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 278; 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 additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-274; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script

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