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'SECRET LETTERS AND ENCLOSURES FROM INDIA' Vol 4

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/262

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This record is a file about the 'SECRET LETTERS AND ENCLOSURES FROM INDIA' Vol 4 dating from Jan 1868-Jun 1869.

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Reference
IOR/L/PS/5/262
Title
'SECRET LETTERS AND ENCLOSURES FROM INDIA' Vol 4
Date
Jan 1868-Jun 1869
Description

The volume consists of Despatches to the Secretary of State for India from the Government of India Foreign Department, dated 4 January 1868-24 June 1869, with enclosures.The contents include papers relating to: affairs in the Persian Gulf, particularly Bushire [Bushehr], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Abothabee [Abu Dhabi]; affairs in Muscat and the interior of Oman, notably concerning the succession to the Muscat throne and Muscat's territorial claims against Persia [Iran]; the appointment of the Governor of Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e 'Abbas]; the subsidy payable by Zanzibar to Muscat; subsidies paid by the British to the 'chiefs' on the Mekran [Makran] Coast for protection of the land line of telegraph; the British policy of preventing operations by sea by non-British states; the trade in enslaved persons at Zanzibar; and the eastern frontier of the Persian Empire and Persia's alleged infractions in the direction of Afghanistan, Seistan [Sistan], Khelat [Kalat] and Mekran.

Arrangement

There is an alphabetical index of persons, places and subjects on folios 4-97. The page numbers given refer to an original pagination sequence.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
Volume 4
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 volume (1065 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 at the inside back cover with 1067; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: Multiple pre-existing handwritten and printed pagination sequences are also present.
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Secret Correspondence with India

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'SECRET LETTERS AND ENCLOSURES FROM INDIA' Vol 4