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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 7

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/369

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This record is a file about the 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 7 dating from 9 Aug 1820-1 Sep 1830.

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Reference
IOR/L/PS/5/369
Title
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 7
Date
9 Aug 1820-1 Sep 1830
Description

The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into 13 items:. Mocha Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369 ff 3-4); Treaty with the Ameers of Sind [Amirs of Sindh] and Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 5-71); Persian Gulf Affairs and Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 72-103); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 104-111); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 112-145); Mocha Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 146-151); Burma [or Myanmar] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 152-158); Indian Civil Service Allowances and Salaries (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 159-189); 'India' Affairs: Kittoor [Kittur]; Western Provinces; Burma (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 191-200); Amelioration of the Custom Department at the Presidency, Bombay Castle (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 201-208); John Malcolm's Report on the Condition of Affairs in Persia (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 209-234); John Malcolm's Report the Potential Invasion of India by Russia (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 235-245); John Malcolm's Report on the Affairs of Cutch [Kutch] (IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 246-277)

Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch (each Item) within the volume are not separated by dividers. The despatches are arranged in chronological order from the front of the volume to the rear of the volume. The order of the enclosures within each despatch is generally chronological. Enclosure numbers are recorded for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, along with a summary description of each enclosure.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 volume (280 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates with 277; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file also contains an original printed foliation sequence. There are two foliation anomalies, 5a and 159a. The volume has been damaged in the past and is unbound. The front cover is detached from the main text block. The back cover and the spine binding cover are not present.
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