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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA' Vol 67 [2v] (9/896)
The record is made up of 1 volume (445 folios). It was created in 20 Mar 1840-13 Apr 1840. 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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The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company 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. relating to political and military affairs principally in Durrani [Durrānī] and Barakzai [Bārakzāy] Afghanistan, as well as the Punjab under Sikh rule, and British-administered Sinde [Sindh] and Baluchistan [Balochistan]. The volume contains material relating to preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War (July 1839-October 1842). The volume comprises two items:
- Funds for the British mission to Afghanistan (IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 3-12)
- Affairs in Afghanistan and the Punjab (IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (445 folios)
- Arrangement
The enclosures to each despatch within the volume (each item) are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in numerical (by despatch number) and chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch are numbered 1 on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure, along with the original reference, and a description of each enclosure.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 445; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains earlier foliation sequences that have been crossed out.
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/5/148
- Title
- 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA' Vol 67
- Pages
- FRONT, BACK, SPINE, EDGE, HEAD, TAIL, FRONT-i, 2r:2v, 445r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence