Maghil Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 724-727
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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 24 Sep 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 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 74 of 1840, dated 24 September 1840.
The enclosures are dated 6 June-24 September 1840. They consist of correspondence relating to the passage of officers from the Euphrates to Bombay [Mumbai] and then on to Liverpool.
Correspondents include the Commandant of the Depot at Maghil [Al Ma‘qil] and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy.
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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 724-727
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- No. 74 of 1840
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- 24 Sep 1840 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/5/386, ff 724-727
- Title
- Maghil Affairs
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- 724r:727v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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