'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 90.

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 sixteen items:. The Annexation to the Bombay Presidency of the Province of Sind [Sindh], and the Consequent Transfer to the Bombay Government of Political Relations with the Rao [Maharao] of Cutch [Kutch] (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 3-10); Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 11-20); The Steamer Nitocris on the Euphrates River (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 21-64); Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 65-103); The Battle Axe of Nadir Shah [Nādir Shāh] Selected from the Sind Prize Property (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 104-111); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 112-122); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 123-177); Indian, Aden and Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 178-197); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 198-201); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 202-214); Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 215-260); Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with the Sheiks of Bahrein [Shaikhs of Bahrain], and Translation of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 261-269); Bagdad Pachalic Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 270-291); The Station Houses Erected by the Bombay Steam Fund in the Desert of Suez (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 292-302); Measures Adopted for Suppressing the 'Slave Trade' (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 303-470); The Payment of the Stipend of the Chief of Lahedge [Sultan of Lahej] (IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 471-500); The copies of enclosures to despatches are dated 2 November to 31 December 1847, but some of the items include notes dated 30 October 1906, recording any enclosures listed in the abstract of contents which are missing from the item.

The enclosures to each despatch within the volume (each item) are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in numerical (by despatch number) and chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch are preceded by an abstract of contents (except IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 104-111), in which the despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the abstract of contents 2, and the enclosures 3, 4, etc. The numbers listed in the abstract of contents are recorded for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, along with the original reference, and a description of each enclosure.

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