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Arrangements Relating to the Ex-Ameers of Scinde [193r] (1/102)
The record is made up of 1 item (51 folios). It was created in 29 Feb 1844. 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 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 19 of 1844, dated 29 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 16 January-28 February 1844.
The enclosures relate to arrangements for the removal, from Sassoon [Sassoon Docks] to Calcutta [Kolkata], of the Ex-Ameers [Amirs] of Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in this item], who were prisoners of the British Government in India following the capture of parts of Scinde by the Bombay Army of the British East India Company in 1843. The contents include reports by the Doctor in Medical Charge of the Ex-Ameers on the state of health of Meer Nusseer Khan [Mīr Naṣīr Khān Tālpūr], Meer Roostum Khan [Mīr Rustam Khān Tālpūr] and Meer Sobdar Khan [Mīr Ṣūbdār Khān Tālpūr] (ff 208-211). Arrangements regarding Meer Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr], under the care of the Agent for the 'Honorable' Governor of Surat, are also referred to.
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The enclosure numbers 3-28 are written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure, which also contain an abstract of the contents of the enclosure. (There is no abstract listing all the enclosures).
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- Arrangements Relating to the Ex-Ameers of Scinde
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- 193r:243v
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