'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 83 [‎3v] (11/1062)

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The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches 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 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. .

The volume is divided into twenty-three items:

• Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 4-23)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 24-28)
• Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 29-32)
• Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 33-44)
• Progress Made in Enlisting and Training Recruits for the Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 45-55)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 56-64)
• Affairs Relating to Hajee Mahomed Rahim Khan [Hājī Muḥammad Rahīm Khān], Persian Consul at Bombay, and Disputes between other Persian Nationals in India (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 65-98)
• The Distribution of Steam Frigates of the Indian Navy to Render Assistance to HM Fleet in the Eastern Seas (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 99-114)
• Measures in Relation to an Outbreak of Cholera in Aden (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 115-122)
• Letters from the Son and Nephew of the Late Ex-Ameer Meer Roostum Khan [Mīr Rustam Khān Tālpūr] of Khyrpoor Requesting their Rights and Property be Restored to them (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 123-138)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 139-169)
• Progress Made in the Formation and Training of Recruits of the Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 170-180)
• Acquittal of Captain Postans from a Charge of Breach of Faith Preferred Against him by the Dhomkie [Dombki] Chief Bejar Khan [Khān] (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 181-194)
• Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 195-204)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 205-274)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 275-352)
• Letter Relating to the Objects for Employing Iron Boxes for the Closed Mails between England and India Conveyed through France (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 353-357)
• Zanzibar Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 358-368)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 369-381)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 382-436)
• The Proposed Defences of the Fort and Harbour of Bombay [Mumbai] (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 437-440)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 441-493)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 494-525).

Extent and format

1 volume (525 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 527; 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. A previous foliation sequence, some of which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out

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English in Latin script

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