A Precis of Official Intelligence on the Affairs of Affghanistan, Sinde and Beloochistan [‎134r] (267/294)

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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. , No. 97 of 1842, and contains material relating to the following:

• The boundary dispute between Meer Ali Moorad Khan [Mīr ‘Alī Murād Khān Tālpūr] and Meer Nusseer Khan [Mīr Nāṣir Khān Tālpūr] of Khyrpore [Khairpur]
• The desire of Maharaja Sher Singh to be informed of the position of British troops
• The determination of Mahomed Suddeeg Atchukzee [Muḥammad Sādiq Khān Achakza‘ī] to oppose the encroachment of British troops
• The hesitation of Mir Sher Mahomed [Mīr Shīr Muḥammad Khān Tālpūr] of Meerpore [Mirpur] in rendering tribute to the British
• The affliction of Meer Nusseer Khan of Khyrpore with cholera and his recovery
• The attempt by Meer Roostum Khan [Mīr Rustam ‘Alī Khān Tālpūr] to dissuade Meer Ali Moorad Khan from going to war against Meer Nusseer Khan
• The capture of Syed Mahomed Shureef [Sayyid Muḥammad Sharīf] by Major James Outram
• The death of Mir Sher Mahomed Khan at Khyrpore
• The preparations by Deen Mahomed Murree [Dīn Muḥammad Marrī] to attack the Khettrans [Khetrans]
• The British approach to Meer Meer Mahomed [Mīr Mīr Muḥammad Khān Tālpūr] to act as arbitrator between his brothers, and the expressions of support from Meer Nusseer Khan and Mir Hoossein Ali Khan [Mīr Ḥusayn ‘Alī Khān Tālpūr]
• The Khan of Kelat’s [Kalat] orders to Esah Khan the Mengul Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. [ Sardār Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ‘Īsá Khān Mangal] to proceed in the direction of Nooshkie [Nushki] and Shoorawack [Shorabak], to ‘raise’ the Brahooee [Barāhu‘ī] Tribe and take them back to Kelat
• The execution of Gholam Mahomed Khan [Ghulām Muḥammad Khān], Moollah Rusheed [Mullā Rashīd], Naib Ameen [Nā’ib Amīn], Naib Shureef [Nā’ib Sharīf], and Meerza Mahomed Hussain [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Muḥammad Ḥusayn] on the orders of Mahomed Ukhbar [Muḥammad Akbar Khān Bārakzāy] at Cabool [Kabul], for conspiring with Mahomed Zuman Khan [ Nawwāb An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Muḥammad Zamān Khān Bārakzāy] to kill the Afghan King [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy]
• The dispute between Meer Nusseer Khan and his nephew Meer Hoossein Ali Khan, and the latter’s determination to leave the fort at Hyderabad
• The news of British troops being driven out of Kandahar, and Meer Nusseer Khan’s contacts with the Ameers [Amīrs] of Upper Sinde [Sindh] to form an ‘anti-British league’
• A request from the Law Commissioner of India to the surgeon James Burnes to hand over any papers belonging to his late brother Sir Alexander Burnes
• A request 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. for information on the ‘quality of the rain which has fallen’ in Sinde, whether the ‘country is reported to be healthy’, and the ‘state of the Indus as far as relates to facility of navigation in this season’.

The volume also includes a ‘Rough Sketch Shewing the Valley of the Yajhi Forts and the Eastern Ridge’, signed by Captain J W Robertson, Field Engineer (f 142).

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