'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 85

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-three items:. Despatches relative to: the Ex-Ameers of Scinde [Amīrs of Sindh], and Matters Concerning the Regiments, Corps and the Superintendent of the Canal Department in Sinde [Sindh] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 3-74); Enlistment and Training of Recruits for Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 75-84); Persian [Iranian] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 85-105); Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 106-118); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 119-181); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 182-213); Sawant Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi] Affairs: The Conspiracy Found at Goa for the Murder of the Governor-General of that Settlement (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 214-221); Journal of a Steam Trip to the North of Bagdad, with Sketches, by Lieutenant Jones of the Indian Navy (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 222-224); Sattara [Satara] Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 225-237); The Defences of the Harbour of Bombay [Mumbai] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, f 238-239); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 240-255); Affairs of Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan [Mīr Shahdād Khān Tālpūr] in Confinement at Surat (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 256-270); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 271-339); Muscat Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 340-358); Affairs Relating to Aga Khan Mehlatee [Āqā Khān Maḥallātī], a Refugee Subject of the Persian Government (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 359-373); Progress Made in the Training of Recruits for Three New Regiments of Native Infantry being Raised at the Bombay Presidency (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 374-381); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 382-411); Persian Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 412-446); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 447-454); Despatches Relative to: the Expenses and Status of the Sind [Sindh] Camel and Baggage Corps and Belooch Battalions; the Use of Indus Flotilla Vessels to further the Traffic on the Indus River; the Removal of Ex-Ameer Shadad Khan from Confinement in the Fort at Surat Due to his Ill Health (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 455-501); Bagdad Pachalic Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 502-513); The Case of Aga Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥīm Khān Shīrāzī], the Persian Consul in Bombay (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 514-539); Persian Gulf Affairs: The Murder at Bushire [Bushehr] of the Governor of the Roodhilla Districts [Dehrud-e Olya] (IOR/L/PS/5/447, ff 540-549)

The enclosures to each despatch (each item) within the volume are divided by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. The enclosures within each despatch 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. Two of the items in the volume consist of abstracts of contents only, without the accompanying enclosures.

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