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Correspondence relating to areas outside India

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/9

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This record is about the Correspondence relating to areas outside India dating from 1781-1911.

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Reference
IOR/L/PS/9
Title
Correspondence relating to areas outside India
Date
1781-1911
Description

This series, consisting of a number of bound volumes and unsorted bundles, includes letters for various periods from agents, envoys and others in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Persian Gulf, Aden, Zanzibar, Bourbon and Mauritius, and the Straits Settlements; also correspondence with the Government of St Helena, and special collections of correspondence relating to Abyssinia (1867-71) and China (1839-52)

Related material

Factory Records [IOR/G]. For some registers and indexes see IOR/Z/L/PS/9

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
222 volumes
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Unrestricted

Administrative / biographical background

The East India Company and the Government of India had trading, political or other contacts with areas outside India mainly countries in geographical proximity but also places much futher afield such as St Helena in the South Atlantic. For brief notes on the archival sources relating to these areas see Moir's Guide, pp 282-291

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Correspondence relating to areas outside India