Affairs in Sind, Bhawulpoor, Mekran, and Rajpootana [‎488r] (29/52)

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from 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. [Mumbai] Secret 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 23 of 1853, dated 29 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-17 and are dated 28 December 1852 to 28 March 1853.

The enclosures consist of correspondence, and minutes by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by Board. They concern matters including:

• Affairs at Bhawulpoor [Bahawalpur, also spelled Bhawulpore in this item], and troops from Upper Sind [Sindh] being held in readiness for service in Bhawulpoor
• An irregularity in the application of the Commander in Sind for the possible requisition of troops from Upper Sind
• Persian [Iranian] troops occupying Kussurkund [Qasr-e Qand] in Mekran [Makran], and being expected to arrive at Gwadir [Gwadar]
• The march of the Rajpootana [Rajputana] Field Force from Nusseerabad [Nasirabad] to aid in the capture of the Fort of Narawlee [Narauli? Also spelled Narolee and Narowly in this item], and the surrender of the fort on 12 March 1853
• An attack by the Murrees [Marri, also spelled Marrees in this item] in the town of Poolajee [Phuleji or Foliji] in the Khelat [Kalat] territory
• The disposal of the money from the sale of certain confiscated gold belonging to Meer Ali Morad [Mīr ʿAlī Murād Khān Tālpūr], and the Commissioner in Sind’s suggestion that it could be spent on building school rooms in Upper Sind.

The principle correspondents are as follows: the Commissioner in Sind, Henry Bartle Edward Frere; the Chief 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. , Arthur Malet; the Quarter Master General of the Army, Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel J Holland; the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hancock; and the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Charles Allen.

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1 item (26 folios)

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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-17, on folios 475-476. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure.

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