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The record is made up of 1 volume (388 folios). It was created in Dec 1868-Dec 1869. 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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of Turkey and Persia may, at the same time, be particularly directed
to this subject, and they he requested to report the smallest encroach
ment on the liberty of this traffic.
We beg to be informed whether an Agent may he sent to the
Cape of Good Hope, as an exceptional and experimental measure, to
report on the sources of horse supply, and to make some suggestion
for re-opening, if possible, a traffic with that Colony which has been
for some years almost suspended.
[The Commission were requested to consider,—
I. The various sources of horse supply, and the fitness of the
respective breeds for the several branches of the Military
service.
II. The measures to be adopted with the view of rendering the
markets abroad more accessible and productive for the
purposes of this Army.
III. The method of selection, and subsequent issue to Corps •
and,
IV. The sufficiency, or otherwise, of the present regulation
price for remounts, to secure good and serviceable
horses.
The Government have arrived at the following conclusions :—
I, For the English Cavalry and for the Horse Artillery, the
most eligible horses are Arabs and Persians, brought
under those names direct from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to Man
galore, and bred, it may be presumed, for the most part,
in the country lying round Bagdad and in the southern
provinces of Persia. To these, however, may be added
the best sort of horses which are brought by land to
Kurrachee from the north-eastern frontiers of Persia,
from Turkistan, Affghanistan, and Beloochistan, which
are shipped at Kurrachee for this 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. , and which
are commonly known as Heratees.
II. For the Native Cavalry Regiments, the Northern or Heratee
horses, in the absence of a sufficient supply of Arabs and
Persians, are an eligible class.
III. For the Field Batteries, the smaller, better bred class of
Australians and Cape horses are, on account of their
greater strength and weight in draft, the most appro
priate.
The Government are of opinion that the system of importation
by independent agencies, and selection by a Government officer, is on
the whole the best mode of supply, so long as the military service of
Madras is to remain dependent on foreign horses ; and that, to ensure
the successful working of the system, a farm depot, and the practice
of advances to Arab and Persian dealers, are essential.
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Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the 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. from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1869. The letters are dated December 1868-December 1869. The abstracts each have one of the following titles:

  • Abstracts of Letters received from India
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Aden
  • Abstracts of Military Letters received from India
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and Aden
  • Abstracts of Secret Letters received from India
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Bushire [Bushehr]
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Muscat and Aden
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Muscat
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Bushire and Aden
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and Muscat
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Bushire, Muscat and Aden
  • Abstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and Bushire.

Each abstract contains summaries of one or more letters from the specified source, each with a title giving the subject of the letter. Letters from India are divided within each abstract by the branch or department of the Government of India they originated from. The correspondence covers issues including:

  • Pay, pensions, recruitment, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishments
  • Revenue, expenditure, and taxation
  • Food shortages
  • Public works, including railways, roads, irrigation, and harbours
  • Banking and finance
  • Telegraphy
  • Cholera outbreaks
  • Issues concerning Princely States, including: allowances; debt; succession; internal administration; and the slave trade in Kutch
  • Legal issues, including the question of British jurisdiction in occupied Bassadore [Basa’idu] arising from the case of a murder committed by a British subject
  • Land issues, including the cultivation of cash crops such as cinchona, indigo, and tea, and the sale of ‘waste lands’
  • Issues around emigration from India to British and French colonies
  • Military affairs, including the reorganisation, accommodation, and supply of military units
  • Frontier policy and relations with tribes on the Northwest and Northeast Frontiers; in particular frontier raids and retaliatory expeditions, including the destruction and pillage by British forces of Shahtoot [Shahtut] village on the Northwest Frontier
  • The Russian advance in Central Asia; related discussions around British policy in the Northwest Frontier, Cabul [Kabul], and Persia [Iran]; and restrictions on trade from India to Central Asia
  • Communications and trade with Ladakh and Cashmere [Kashmir] and on to Central Asia
  • Affairs in Affghanistan [Afghanistan], including challenges to the rule of the Ameer Shere Ali [Amīr Shīr ‘Alī Khān], internal reforms, a meeting between the Ameer Shere Ali and the Viceroy of India in Umballa [Ambala], and the presence of rival Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. [Sardārs, noblemen] in India
  • Affairs in and around Aden Settlement, including: relations with neighbouring polities, including Lahej [Laḥij Sultanate], Fodthlee [Faḍlī Sultanate], Houshebi [Ḥawshabī Sultanate], and Maculla [Mukalla]; water supply to Aden; the purchase of Little Aden; and attempted French inroads in the area
  • Civil conflict in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, in particular the capture of Muscat by Azan-bin-Ghes Azzān bin Qays Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the consolidation of and challenges to the rule of Azan-bin-Ghes; the effect of the change in regime on the lease of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ‘Abbas]; a conflict between Muscat and the Wahabees [Waḥabī movement] at Bereymee [Al Buraymi]; and debates around British policy in the country
  • Affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including an attack by Shargah [Sharjah] on Rasul-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and civil conflict in Bahrein [Bahrain]
  • Relations with Persia, including: Persian objections to British actions in Bahrein; trade restrictions in the Gulf ports; frontier disputes around Khelat [Kalat], Seistan [Sistan], and Mekran [Makran] and the need to determine the eastern border of Persia; and the opium trade between Persia and China
  • Affairs in Zanzibar, including: the slave trade; the issue of subsidy payments to Muscat; and the Sultan of Zanzibar’s reaction to events in Muscat
  • Affairs in East Africa, including the proposed occupation of Asab [Assab] Bay, French activity on Mohilla [Mohéli], affairs in Abbysinia [Ethiopia], and relations with Somali tribes
  • Affairs in Burmah [Burma/Myanmar], Siam [Thailand], Nipal [Nepal], and Bhootan [Bhutan]
  • The annexation of the Nicobar Islands.

The primary correspondents are:

Extent and format
1 volume (388 folios)
Arrangement

The abstracts are arranged in roughly chronological order. A detailed index of subjects, places and people mentioned in the correspondence is included on folios 375-386.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 388; 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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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Title
'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1869'
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:47v, 47ar:47av, 48r:77v, 78ar:78av, 78r:365v, 367r:388v, back-i
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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