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Miscellaneous Indian Affairs: Notably Gwalior, Sinde and Mhow.
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 268-342
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This record is about the Miscellaneous Indian Affairs: Notably Gwalior, Sinde and Mhow. dating from 1 Mar 1844.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 268-342
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Title (The name of the record)
- Miscellaneous Indian Affairs: Notably Gwalior, Sinde and Mhow.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1 Mar 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 23 of 1844, dated 1 March 1844. The enclosures are dated 23 January to 23 February 1844. The chief matters covered are: administration and revenue in Gwalior; disturbances in Booranpoor [Bhuranpur]; relief of the troops at Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in this item]; and Mhow; auditing the accounts of the Indus flotilla; dimensions of the boats in use on the Indus or Sutlej rivers weighing 1000 maunds (maund, anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India, Afghanistan, Persia [Iran] and Arabia, sometimes written 'mann' or 'mun'); and discrepancies regarding trophy guns sent to Bombay from Sinde.
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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-41, on folios 269-276. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
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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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- English
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- 1 item (75 folios)
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Unrestricted
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/598e76db-9f59-49ff-9431-1fb83edc61ec/
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IOR/L/PS/5
Secret Correspondence with India
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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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Miscellaneous Indian Affairs: Notably Gwalior, Sinde and Mhow.