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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/375
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This record is a file about the 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13 dating from Apr 1839-May 1839.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/L/PS/5/375
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13
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Date (When the record was created)
- Apr 1839-May 1839
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Description (What the record is about)
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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)
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume (637 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ec8d9075-918c-49e3-a91b-7d6e6c2291aa/
Series information
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
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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 13