The Sending of Presents from the Malia Rajah of Lahore to Queen Victoria from Bombay to England via Egypt
IOR/L/PS/5/414, ff 342-344
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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 5 Nov 1842. It was written in English. 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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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch 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 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. , Number 133 of 1842.
The enclosure is dated 5 November 1842. It consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Thomas Herbert Maddock, to HM Consul at Cairo, stating that presents from the Malia Rajah [ Raja King ] of Lahore to Queen Victoria will be sent from Bombay [Mumbai] to Egypt and from there to England. Maddock requests that HM Consul apply to the Pacha [Pāshā] of Egypt for free permits for the cases of presents, to be ready for the time they arrive by steam ship at Suez, from where they will be conveyed to Alexandria and then to England.
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- 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 Sending of Presents from the Malia Rajah of Lahore to Queen Victoria from Bombay to England via Egypt
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