'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 85 [‎spine] (3/1104)

Content

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:

• Despatches relative to: the Ex-Ameers of Scinde [Amīrs of Sindh], and Matters Concerning the Regiments, Corps and the Superintendent of the Canal Department in Sinde [Sindh] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 3-74)
• Enlistment and Training of Recruits for 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/5/447, ff 75-84)
• Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 85-105)
• Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 106-118)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 119-181)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 182-213)
• Sawant Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi] Affairs: The Conspiracy Found at Goa for the Murder of the Governor-General of that Settlement (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 214-221)
• Journal of a Steam Trip to the North of Bagdad, with Sketches, by Lieutenant Jones of the Indian Navy (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224)
• Sattara [Satara] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 225-237)
• The Defences of the Harbour of Bombay [Mumbai] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, f 238-239)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 240-255)
• Affairs of Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr] in Confinement at Surat (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 256-270)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 271-339)
• Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 340-358)
• Affairs Relating to Aga Khan Mehlatee [Āqā Khān Maḥallātī], a Refugee Subject of the Persian Government (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 359-373)
• Progress Made in the Training of Recruits for 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/5/447, ff 374-381)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 382-411)
• Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 412-446)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 447-454)
• Despatches Relative to: the Expenses and Status of the Sind [Sindh] Camel and Baggage Corps and Belooch Battalions; the Use of Indus Flotilla Vessels to further the Traffic on the Indus River; the Removal of Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan from Confinement in the Fort at Surat Due to his Ill Health (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 455-501)
• Bagdad Pachalic Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 502-513)
• The Case of Aga Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī], the Persian Consul in Bombay (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 514-539)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs: The Murder at Bushire [Bushehr] of the Governor of the Roodhilla Districts [Dehrud-e Olya] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 540-549).

Extent and format

1 volume (548 folios)

Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch (each item) within the volume are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch are preceded by an abstract of contents, in which the despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the abstract of contents 2, and the enclosures 3, 4, etc. The numbers listed in the abstract of contents are recorded for reference 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. Two of the items in the volume consist of abstracts of contents only, without the accompanying enclosures.

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 550; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English in Latin script

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