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Sind Affairs: Kelat and Persia [467r] (1/8)
The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 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 item comprises a copy of an enclosure 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. 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 57 of 1856, dated 9 August 1856. The enclosure is dated 12 March-16 April 1856.
The enclosure consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Officiating Commissioner in Sind [Sindh], copied to 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 Secretary to the Government of India confirms, in response to intelligence Jacob forwarded of alleged Persian [Iranian] threats to the territory of the Khan of Kelat [Kalat], that although the Government of India is under no obligation by treaty to assist the Khan of Kelat, in the current circumstances Jacob may assure the Khan that arms and money will be offered to him should there occur any unprovoked aggression on his territory by Persia, and Jacob should ascertain the level of subsidy the Khan might require.
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- Sind Affairs: Kelat and Persia
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- 467r:470v
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