'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1869'

Title:

'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1869'

Date:

1869/1869

Description:

Abstract: Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1869. The letters are dated December 1868-December 1869. The abstracts each have one of the following titles:Abstracts of Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from AdenAbstracts of Military Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and AdenAbstracts of Secret Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from ZanzibarAbstracts of Letters received from Bushire [Bushehr]Abstracts of Letters received from Muscat and AdenAbstracts of Letters received from MuscatAbstracts of Letters received from Bushire and AdenAbstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and MuscatAbstracts of Letters received from Bushire, Muscat and AdenAbstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and Bushire.Each abstract contains summaries of one or more letters from the specified source, each with a title giving the subject of the letter. Letters from India are divided within each abstract by the branch or department of the Government of India they originated from. The correspondence covers issues including:Pay, pensions, recruitment, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishmentsRevenue, expenditure, and taxationFood shortagesPublic works, including railways, roads, irrigation, and harboursBanking and financeTelegraphyCholera outbreaksIssues concerning Princely States, including: allowances; debt; succession; internal administration; and the slave trade in KutchLegal issues, including the question of British jurisdiction in occupied Bassadore [Basa’idu] arising from the case of a murder committed by a British subjectLand issues, including the cultivation of cash crops such as cinchona, indigo, and tea, and the sale of ‘waste lands’Issues around emigration from India to British and French coloniesMilitary affairs, including the reorganisation, accommodation, and supply of military unitsFrontier policy and relations with tribes on the Northwest and Northeast Frontiers; in particular frontier raids and retaliatory expeditions, including the destruction and pillage by British forces of Shahtoot [Shahtut] village on the Northwest FrontierThe Russian advance in Central Asia; related discussions around British policy in the Northwest Frontier, Cabul [Kabul], and Persia [Iran]; and restrictions on trade from India to Central AsiaCommunications and trade with Ladakh and Cashmere [Kashmir] and on to Central AsiaAffairs in Affghanistan [Afghanistan], including challenges to the rule of the Ameer Shere Ali [Amīr Shīr ‘Alī Khān], internal reforms, a meeting between the Ameer Shere Ali and the Viceroy of India in Umballa [Ambala], and the presence of rival Sirdars [Sardārs, noblemen] in IndiaAffairs in and around Aden Settlement, including: relations with neighbouring polities, including Lahej [Laḥij Sultanate], Fodthlee [Faḍlī Sultanate], Houshebi [Ḥawshabī Sultanate], and Maculla [Mukalla]; water supply to Aden; the purchase of Little Aden; and attempted French inroads in the areaCivil conflict in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, in particular the capture of Muscat by Azan-bin-Ghes Azzān bin Qays Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the consolidation of and challenges to the rule of Azan-bin-Ghes; the effect of the change in regime on the lease of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ‘Abbas]; a conflict between Muscat and the Wahabees [Waḥabī movement] at Bereymee [Al Buraymi]; and debates around British policy in the countryAffairs in the Persian Gulf, including an attack by Shargah [Sharjah] on Rasul-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and civil conflict in Bahrein [Bahrain]Relations with Persia, including: Persian objections to British actions in Bahrein; trade restrictions in the Gulf ports; frontier disputes around Khelat [Kalat], Seistan [Sistan], and Mekran [Makran] and the need to determine the eastern border of Persia; and the opium trade between Persia and ChinaAffairs in Zanzibar, including: the slave trade; the issue of subsidy payments to Muscat; and the Sultan of Zanzibar’s reaction to events in MuscatAffairs in East Africa, including the proposed occupation of Asab [Assab] Bay, French activity on Mohilla [Mohéli], affairs in Abbysinia [Ethiopia], and relations with Somali tribesAffairs in Burmah [Burma/Myanmar], Siam [Thailand], Nipal [Nepal], and Bhootan [Bhutan]The annexation of the Nicobar Islands.The primary correspondents are:The Government of IndiaThe Viceroy and Governor-General of IndiaThe Resident at AdenThe Political Resident in the Persian GulfThe Political Agent in MuscatThe Political Agent in Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 388; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

الإنفاق
الشؤون الخارجية
البنية التحتية للنقل
الشؤون العسكرية
إدارة المستعمرات
تجارة الرقيق
العمليات العسكرية
الحدود

Geographic region:

عدن
الهند
بلاد فارس
البحرين
زنجبار
أفغانستان
آسيا الوسطى
سلطنة مسقط وعُمان

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000da_ar
81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000da_en
IOR/L/PS/20/CA9
IOR/L/PS/20/CA9

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