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Arrangements Relating to the Ex-Ameers of Scinde
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 193-243
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This record is about the Arrangements Relating to the Ex-Ameers of Scinde dating from 29 Feb 1844.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 193-243
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Title (The name of the record)
- Arrangements Relating to the Ex-Ameers of Scinde
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Date (When the record was created)
- 29 Feb 1844
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Description (What the record is about)
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 19 of 1844, dated 29 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 16 January-28 February 1844. The enclosures relate to arrangements for the removal, from Sassoon [Sassoon Docks, Bombay] to Calcutta [Kolkata], of the Ex-Ameers [Amirs] of Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in this item], who were prisoners of the British Government in India following the capture of parts of Scinde by the Bombay Army of the British East India Company in 1843. The contents include reports by the Doctor in Medical Charge of the Ex-Ameers on the state of health of Meer Nusseer Khan [Mīr Naṣīr Khān Tālpūr ], Meer Roostum Khan [Mīr Rustam Khān Tālpūr] and Meer Sobdar Khan [Mīr Ṣūbdār Khān Tālpūr] (ff 208-211). Arrangements regarding Meer Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr], under the care of the Agent for the 'Honorable' Governor of Surat, are also referred to.
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The enclosure numbers 3-28 are written on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, which also contain an abstract of the contents of the enclosure. (There is no abstract listing all the enclosures).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 item (51 folios)
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Unrestricted
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c6b67eee-b4a2-4fef-ab22-75c2d96030a0/
Series information
IOR/L/PS/5
Secret Correspondence with India
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/PS
Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/5
Secret Correspondence with India
Within the sub-series: IOR/L/PS/5/363-509
Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
Within the file: IOR/L/PS/5/428
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 66
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Arrangements Relating to the Ex-Ameers of Scinde