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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/375

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IOR/L/PS/5/375
Title
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13
Date
Apr 1839-May 1839
Description

The volume contains enclosures to despatches, and abstracts of contents of despatches, from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret, Political, Military, Marine and Persian departments, to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into 13 items:. Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 4-104); 'General Orders. Head Quarters. Army of the Indus. Camp Larkana 4th March 1839' (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 105-108); 'Notes on Memo. Submitted on Iron Steam Vessels' (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 110-112); Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan, 1839 (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 114-142); Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain] (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 144-216); Colonel Henry Pottinger's Arrangements in Sinde [Sindh] Regarding the Advance of the Army of the Indus (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 218-322); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 324-373); 'Translation of a letter from Sheik Tyeb Ibrahimjee Native Agent at Aden to J P Willoughby Esquire Secretary to Government Dated 26th April and Received 7th May 1839' (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 375-376); Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran] (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 378-390); Persian Gulf Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 392-525); Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 527-576); Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 578-633); Military Resource and Personnel in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 635-637)

Arrangement

The enclosures to each despatch within the volume are separated by blue dividers. The sets of enclosures to despatches are not arranged in chronological order.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 volume (637 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 639; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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