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Arms, Ammunition and Three Lacs of Rupees for Dost Mahomed Khan [184r] (3/52)
The record is made up of 1 item (26 folios). It was created in 8 Nov 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 57 of 1856, dated 8 November 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 10 October to 5 November 1856.
They mostly consist of correspondence relating to the remittance of three lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees [ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ] of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and the sending of arms and ammunition to the Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan [Amīr Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy].
The correspondents are the following: the Secretary to the Government of India; the Secretary to 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. ; the Acting Commissioner in Sinde [Sindh]; the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, and the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner; the Acting Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sinde; the Officiating Deputy Commissioner of Peshawur [Peshawar]; Meeah Khan [Miyān Khān]; and Faiz Ahmed Baabee [Fayz̤ Aḥmad Bābī].
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- IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 183-208
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- Arms, Ammunition and Three Lacs of Rupees for Dost Mahomed Khan
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- 183r:186v, 189r:193v, 195v:206v, 208r:208v
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