Karrack Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 13-96
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The record is made up of 1 item (84 folios). It was created in 7 Aug 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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This part of the volume consists 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. 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 60 of 1840, dated 7 August 1840. The enclosures are dated 8 May-7 August 1840.
They consist of correspondence relating to Karrack [Kharg, also written as such in this item] affairs, specifically the improvement of the fortifications and defences at Karrack. The correspondence includes a plan of its large and small forts on folio 96.
Correspondents include: the Military Board, Bombay; the Quartermaster General of the Bombay Army; and the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 13-96
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- Karrack Affairs
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- 13r:96r, 96r:96v, 96v
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