‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 90 [‎front] (1/1008)

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 sixteen items:

• The Annexation to the Bombay 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. of the Province of Sind [Sindh], and the Consequent Transfer to the Bombay Government of Political Relations with the Rao [Maharao] of Cutch [Kutch] (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 3-10)
• Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 11-20)
• The Steamer Nitocris on the Euphrates River (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 21-64)
• Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 65-103)
• The Battle Axe of Nadir Shah [Nādir Shāh] Selected from the Sind Prize Property (IOR/L/PS/5/452, 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/5/452, ff 112-122)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 123-177)
• Indian, Aden and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 178-197)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 198-201)
• Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 202-214)
• Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 215-260)
• Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with the Sheiks of Bahrein [Shaikhs of Bahrain], and Translation of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf An agreement made in 1820 between Britain and ten tribal rulers of the eastern Arabian coast, often seen as marking the start of 150 years of British hegemony in the region. (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 261-269)
• Bagdad Pachalic Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 270-291)
• The Station Houses Erected by the Bombay Steam Fund in the Desert of Suez (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 292-302)
• Measures Adopted for Suppressing the 'Slave Trade' (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 303-470)
• The Payment of the Stipend of the Chief of Lahedge [Sultan of Lahej] (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 471-500).

The copies of enclosures to despatches are dated 2 November to 31 December 1847, but some of the items include notes dated 30 October 1906, recording any enclosures listed in the abstract of contents which are missing from the item.

Extent and format

1 volume (500 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 (except IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 104-111), 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 502; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and French in Latin script

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