'ENCLOSURES SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 14 [‎676v] (1357/1406)

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 seventeen items:

• Afghanistan Affairs (ff 2-33)
• Intelligence Reports ('Newsletters') (ff 34-42)
• Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar [Kandahar] (ff 43-44)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (ff 45-86)
• Afghanistan Affairs (ff 87-103)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (ff 104-130)
• India Affairs (ff 131-215)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (ff 216-221)
• Aden Affairs (ff 222-261)
• Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter') (ff 262-278)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (ff 279-409)
• Affairs in Sinde [Sindh]: Kurrachee [Karachi] and Tatta [Thatta] (ff 410-499)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (ff 500-536)
• India Affairs (ff 537-568)
• India Affairs (ff 569-605)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (ff 606-659)
• India Affairs (ff 660-668).

Extent and format

1 volume (700 folios)

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.

Written in

English, French and Turkish, Ottoman in Latin and Arabic script

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