'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 89 [‎front] (1/1046)

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 eleven items:

• Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 1A-128)
• 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. [Ottoman Iraq] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 129-132)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 133-207)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 208-252)
• Bahrein [Bahrain] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 253-256)
• 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/5/451, ff 257-275)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 276-280)
• Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 281-307)
• Arrangements for the Conveyance of the Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr, of Sindh], and his Attendants, to Calcutta [Kolkata] (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 308-410)
• Arrangements for the Appointment of Colonel John Lysaght Pennefather to the Divisional Staff of the Bombay Army Consequent to the Resignation of Sir Charles Napier of his Command in Scind [Sindh] (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 411-423)
• Arrangements for the Selection of Articles from the Sind [Sindh] Prize Property for the Ex-Ameers [Amīrs] of Sind (IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 424-518).

Extent and format

1 volume (520 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. 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 519; 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 is also present in parallel between ff 344-519; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies, f 1a and f 274a, and misses out f 143.

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English in Latin script

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