'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 23.

The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into twenty items:. The Grounding of the Steam Vessel Meteor Near Bukkur (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 3-9); The Treaty between the British Government and the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 10-20); Sinde [Sindh] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 21-26); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 27-123); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 124-199); The Indus steam flotilla, Scinde [Sindh] and Luss [Las Bela], Afghanistan and Bussora [Basra] (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 200-448); Summary of Intelligence from Various Places (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 449-466); Extract from a Private Letter from Herat (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 467-469); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 470-483); Confidential News Letter No. 3 (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 484-504); Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 505-511); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 512-620); The Ratification of the Treaty between the British Government and the Imam of Muscat (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 621-623); The Provision of a Passage to Liverpool for the Boiler Makers Employed on the Euphrates Expedition (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 624-626); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 627-721); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 722-740); The Number of Vessels Required for a Blockade of Kateef [Al Qatif], Sohat [Sayhat] and Ajeer [Al-ʻUqayr, Saudi Arabia] (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 741-743); Affairs in Various Places in Asia (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 744-1021); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 1022-1092); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 1093-1244)

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 some of the despatches are preceded by an abstract of contents, 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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