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Kelat and Herat Affairs [11v] (2/12)
The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department 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. , Number 47 of 1856, dated 8 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 6 September to 8 October 1856.
They consist of two despatches from the Acting Commissioner in Sind [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in this item], Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, to the Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the progress of the Persian [Iranian] invasion force in the vicinity of Kelat [Kalat], military affairs at Herat, the receipt of one lac One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees [ lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , one hundred thousand] of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. by officers deputed by the Khan [Khān] of Kelat, and guns, small arms and ammunition to be despatched to the Khan.
The despatches include translated copies of letters from Fukkeer Mahomed Naib of Mekran [Faqīr Muḥammad Nā’ib of Makran] to the Khan of Kelat, and from Faiz [or Faize] Ahmed Baabee [Fayz̤ Aḥmad Bābī] to the Wukkeel [ Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. ] of the Khan of Kelat, Moolla Ahmed [Mullā Aḥmad].
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- Faqīr Muḥammad
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