'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 103 [‎451r] (910/912)

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 fifteen items:

• Abyssinia [Ethiopian Empire] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 1a-4)
• 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/5/465, ff 5-14)
• Aden and Abyssinia Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 15-19)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 20-25)
• Sind [Sindh] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 26-36)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 37-44)
• Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 45-61)
• 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/5/465, ff 62-68)
• Baroda [Vadodara] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 69-74)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 75-81)
• Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 82-119)
• Persia [Iran] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 120-384)
• Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 385-427)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 428-441)
• Sind (IOR/L/PS/5/465, ff 442-450).

Extent and format

1 volume (452 folios)

Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch within the volume (each item) are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in numerical (by despatch number) and 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.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 451; 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 1a.

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English in Latin script

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