'ENCLOSURES SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 14

IOR/L/PS/5/376

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The record is made up of 1 volume (700 folios). It was created in 11 Mar 1839-31 Jul 1839. It was written in English, French and Turkish, Ottoman. 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 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. [Mumbai] 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 seventeen items:

Extent and format
1 volume (700 folios)
It is grouped into
Afghanistan Affairs
64 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
Intelligence Report ('Newsletter')
18 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42
Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar
4 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44
Persian Gulf Affairs
84 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
Afghanistan Affairs
34 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 87-103
Persian Gulf Affairs
54 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 104-130
India Affairs
170 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 131-215
Persian Gulf Affairs
12 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221
Aden Affairs
79 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 222-261
Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
35 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
Persian Gulf Affairs
262 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
Affairs in Sinde [Sindh]: Kurrachee [Karachi] and Tatta [Thatta]
180 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 410-499
Persian Gulf Affairs
74 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
India Affairs
136 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 537-568
India Affairs
74 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 569-605
Persian Gulf Affairs
108 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
India Affairs
16 images
Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 660-668
Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch (each Item) within the volume are separated by blue dividers. The despatches are arranged in chronological order from the front of the volume to the rear of the volume. The order of the enclosures within each despatch varies between chronological, approximate chronological and non-chronological.

For items IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409, ff 500-536 and ff 606-659 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 a summary description of each enclosure.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 700; 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English, French and Turkish, Ottoman in Latin and Arabic script
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11 Mar 1839-31 Jul 1839 (CE, Gregorian)

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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
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Afghanistan Affairs
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14r:14v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
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Afghanistan Affairs
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14r:14v
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Talpoor, Meer Mahomed Hussein Khan xx Talpur, Mir Muhammad Husain Khan
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
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Afghanistan Affairs
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14r
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
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Afghanistan Affairs
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2r:33v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
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Afghanistan Affairs
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14r
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Mir Nur Muhammad Khan xx Noor Mahomed Khan xx Nur Mohamad Khan
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42
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Intelligence Report ('Newsletter')
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34r:42v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44
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Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar
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43r:44v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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45r:86v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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58r:58v
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Mirza Riza
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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58r:58v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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72r:72v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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72r:72v
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Fereydun Mirza Farmanfarma, Prince Governor of Fars
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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73v:74r
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Bin Salamah, Sultan, Shaikh
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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73v:74r
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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59r:59v
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Nur Muhammad
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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59r:59v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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73v:74r
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al-‘Utbī, ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 87-103
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Afghanistan Affairs
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87r:103v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 104-130
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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104r:130v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 131-215
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India Affairs
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131r:215v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 131-215
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India Affairs
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181r:197v
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Meer Nusseer Khan xx Mir Farqunda Ali Khan xx Nasir-ud-Daulah
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 131-215
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India Affairs
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181r:197v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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216r:221v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
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Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
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262r:278v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
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Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
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268r:270v
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Saʿīd ibn Sulṭān ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd Āl Bū Saʿīdī
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
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Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
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268r:270v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
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Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
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268r:269r
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Imam of Oman xx Imam of Muscat
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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279r:409v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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333r:333v, 354r:355r
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Al Khalifa, Abd Allah bin Ahmad
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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333r:333v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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354r:355r
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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341r:342v
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Unknown name
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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341r:342v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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355r:356v
Author
Safar, Mirza Muhammad 'Ali
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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355r:356v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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336r:337v
Author
Fatih Khan Ghilja'i
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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336r:337v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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357v:358v
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Khurshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā]
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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357v:358v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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399r:399v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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399r:399v
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Bin 'Azzan, Humud
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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401r:401v
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Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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401r:401v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 410-499
Title
Affairs in Sinde [Sindh]: Kurrachee [Karachi] and Tatta [Thatta]
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410r:499v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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500v:536v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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517v:519r
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
Title
Persian Gulf Affairs
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517v:519r
Author
Mulla Husayn, Agent at Sharjah
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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521r:521v
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Āl Bū Falāsah, Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī xx Al Maktoum, Maktoum bin Butti
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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521r:521v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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523r:524v
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al-Qāsimī, Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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523r:524v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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524v:525r
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Al-Nuaimi, Humaid bin Rashid, Shaikh
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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524v:525r
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Al-Nu'aimi, Muhammad bin 'Abd Allah, Shaikh
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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524v:525r
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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527r:528r
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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527r:528r
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Khurshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā]
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 537-568
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India Affairs
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537r:568v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 569-605
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India Affairs
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569r:605v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 569-605
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India Affairs
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569r:605v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
Title
Persian Gulf Affairs
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606r:659v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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653v:654v
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Muhammad Sharif Pasha xx El Sayed Muhammad Sherif Pasha El-Kebir
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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655r:655v
Author
al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā, Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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656r:657v
Author
Boghos Joussoff Bey
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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658r:658v
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Unknown translator
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
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Persian Gulf Affairs
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658r:658v
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Khurshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā]
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IOR/L/PS/5/376
Title
'ENCLOSURES SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 14
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 669r:700v, back-i
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 222-261
Title
Aden Affairs
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222r:261r
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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Reference
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
Title
Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
Pages
261v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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Reference
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 500-536
Title
Persian Gulf Affairs
Pages
500r
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 660-668
Title
India Affairs
Pages
660r:665v, 667r:668v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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