'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 7 [‎278r] (556/557)

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. [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 13 items:

• Mocha Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369 ff 3-4)
• Treaty with the Ameers of Sind [Amirs of Sindh] and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 5A-71)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs and Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 72-103)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 104-111)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 112-145)
• Mocha Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 146-151)
• Burma [or Myanmar] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 152-158)
• Indian Civil Service Allowances and Salaries (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 159-189)
• ‘India’ Affairs: Kittoor [Kittur]; Western Provinces; Burma (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 191-200)
• Amelioration of the Custom Department at the 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. , Bombay Castle (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 201-208)
• John Malcolm’s Report on the Condition of Affairs in Persia (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 209-234)
• John Malcolm’s Report the Potential Invasion of India by Russia (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 235-245)
• John Malcolm’s Report on the Affairs of Cutch [Kutch] (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 246-277).

Extent and format

1 volume (278 folios)

Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch (each Item) within the volume are not separated by 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 is generally chronological. Enclosure numbers 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates with 277; 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 file also contains an original printed foliation sequence. There are two foliation anomalies, 5a and 159a.

The volume has been damaged in the past and is unbound. The front cover is detached from the main text block. The back cover and the spine binding cover are not present.

Written in

English in Latin script

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