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1. 'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.'
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- Abstract: The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs other than those relating to the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan, and Persia' for the months of January to March 1905 inclusive (folios 4-17); memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to Arabia' for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 18-54); and memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to the North-East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China', for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 55-108). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.The combined 'other external affairs' reports (folios 4-17) relate to Arabia (Aden), Turkish Arabia, the Persian Gulf, China, Tibet, and Bhutan; the Arabia memoranda (folios 18-54) relate to Aden, Turkish Arabia, and the Persian Gulf; and the North-East Frontier etc. memoranda (folios 55-108) relate to Tibet, Bhutan, China, Siam [Thailand], Nepal, Burma, and Assam.Memoranda covering the Persian Gulf include intelligence reports concerning Maskat [Muscat], Koweit [Kuwait], Nejd [Najd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif [Al-Qatif], El Katr/Katar [Qatar], the Arab Coast, Musandim [Musandam], and the Pirate Coast.The memoranda relating to Arabia include references to the following subjects: political intelligence, tribal affairs, relations with the Ottoman Government, frontier settlement, pearl fisheries, quarantine, and slavery.The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-East Frontier of India cover a similar broad range of political and economic intelligence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 112; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
2. 'Vol 177 Commerce and Miscellaneous letters inward and outward'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence inwards and outwards from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at Bushire. The subjects covered includes the rules and regulations that British subjects are subject to when trading with, or within Persia; the resignation of Samuel Hennell as Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the appointment of Arnold Burrowes Kemball as his successor.The file also contains circulars sent out by the Bombay Government, and copies of the Bombay Government Gazette (extraordinary editions and supplements). The latter are reports on the progress of the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852), and the former primarily concerns corruption and malpractice in the Bombay Presidency.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An original pagination sequence (2-251) written in ink is present between ff. 2-61; these numbers are located in the top outer corner of each page.
3. ‘Capt C. at Marshag. May 22nd 71’
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject MatterThis pencil sketch on paper depicts a man reclining against a pillow on a chaise-longue while reading. It is drawn in the style of a caricature, which is in keeping with other figural sketches in this volume and, more broadly, in the related files Mss Eur F140/232 and Mss Eur F140/233, which, together with this volume, complete the trio of journals created by Jeffrey C. Amherst.The man depicted is likely Captain Chamberlain, who Amherst cites as being ‘in command’ of B & D Companies upon his arrival at Aden on 30 November 1870. He is wearing at least one brace and holding the papers he is reading above his torso.The latter part of the inscription – ‘Marshag’ – refers to Ras Marshag, a promontory to the south of the Crater, upon which a lighthouse (built in 1861 to facilitate the navigation of increasing numbers of steamers passing through) was situated as well as the quarters for a detachment of infantry.InscriptionsUpper left corner: ‘Capt C at Marshag May 22nd 71’Temporal ContextThe drawing was made during the period Amherst was based at Aden, between 30 November 1870 and 1871/1872; on 5 February 1871, Amherst notes that he was in command of D Company and that he was based at the Isthmus Position, where two companies of British and two companies of Native Infantry were regularly based according to an 1877 publication (F. M. Hunter, An Account of the British Settlement at Aden, (London: Trübner & Co., 1877)). It seems Amherst moved about frequently between Crater, Isthmus, Ras Marshag and elsewhere during his time at Aden.Physical description: Dimensions:107 x 182 mm [landscape]Materials:Pencil on paperCondition:The paper is slightly foxed, but otherwise in good condition with adhesive still sturdy.Foliation:The image has been assigned a sequential number, 4, which is written in pencil in the lower right corner of the page onto which the image is pasted.
4. 'Sketch Map of the Route of Lieutenants Sconce and Watson during the Salween expedition from December 1863, to April 1864'
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- Abstract: Imprint:O. T. Cutter, Military Orphan Press, 1864. Drawn by R H Dopoy, draftsman, Executive Engineers Office Department P.W. [private works] Moulmein Division.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.The map shows the route taken by the Salween Expedition through Burma [Myanmar] from Shoogheen [Shwegyin] along the Salween river and across to Mandaley. Signed by G Colquhoun Sconce, Lieutenant I.N. Salween Expedition.Route taken by authors shown by red line.Physical description: Dimensions:1600 x 1015 mm; on sheet 1643 x 1064 mmCondition:Some small tears along fold linesFoliation:The map has been foliated in the front top right hand corner of the folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
5. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Oct 1 1855’
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 August 1855, Numbers 46-48) and the Government of Bombay (one undated and 29 August 1855, Number 57). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter of the letters from the President in Council (folios 67-69) includes the construction of police border posts along the Burmese Frontier, a proposal to build a wall around the cantonment at Peshawar, and an update on the dispute between the Maharaja of Cashmere [Kashmir] and his nephew Jowahir Singh.The section from Bombay (folios 70-74) covers Russian objections to the export of animals from Turkish Arabia to the Crimea by the British, and proposals for raising a detachment of irregular horse or mounted police at Aden.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
6. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Dec 1 1855’
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 October 1855, Numbers 56-58) and the Government of Bombay (1 and 2 November 1855, Numbers 66-69). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The section from the President in Council (folios 91-105) includes news from the civil wars in Bokhara [Bukhara] and Khiva, updates from Afghanistan, updates on the progress of Nepalese-Thibetan [Tibetan] peace negotiations, discussion over the policy of the Government of India towards independent tribes along its frontier with Burmah [Burma], and reports on the Government of India's diplomatic mission to the Court of Ava – including details of receptions with the King and Queen, and a reception with the Heir Apparent.The dispatches from Bombay (folios 106-107) are concerned with warnings issued to officers of the Indian Navy over their conduct towards foreign dignitaries, and the naval blockade of Berbera.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
7. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Dec 14 1855’
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (8 November 1855, Numbers 59-60) and the Government of Bombay (16 November 1855, Number 70). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the President in Council (folios 109-110) are concerned with policing arrangements at Peshawar, and progress reports from the Government of India's diplomatic mission to the Court of Ava.The section from Bombay (folios 111-112) is concerned with measures to prevent the Foutheli communicating with Aden.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
8. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 15 1855’
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (4 July 1855, Number 5), the President in Council (3 July 1855, Numbers 38-39), and the Government of Bombay (9 July 1855, Numbers 48-52). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The letter from the Governor General (folios 25-26) includes updates from Afghanistan, and a letter to be sent to the Amir of Afghanistan on the future policy of the Government of India in Central Asia.The focus of the section from the President in Council (folios 27-42r) covers the demarcation of the boundary between British India and Burma, raids into British India from Burma, the line to be taken by the Government of India in response to these raids, proposed improvements to the security of the frontier with Burma, and arrangements and instructions for a diplomatic mission to the Court of Ava. It also contains a very brief update on the Nepalese-Thibetan [Tibetan] War.The section from Bombay (folios 42v-44) focuses on proposals for the punishment of Somalis (for allegedly attacking British officers) and the blockade of Berbera. Brief updates on Muscat and Turkish Arabia are also included.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
9. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, March 3.1856’
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1856, Numbers 1-4) and the Government of Bombay (31 January and 2 February 1856, Numbers 10-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 37-55) cover a number of topics: the status of the French adventurer General Maha d'Orgoni, the conclusion of the Government of India's diplomatic mission to the Court of Ava, raids by tribes across the Punjab Frontier of British India, a debate over the effectiveness of military expeditions in suppressing tribes, the resignation of Major Coke as Deputy Commissioner of Kohat, the acquisition of Candahar [Kandahar] by Dost Mohammad Khan (Amir of Afghanistan), and discussion over the possibility of the Amir marching against Herat.The section from Bombay (folios 56-58) is mainly concerned with the line to be taken by the British authorities on applications to enter Sind from Candahar [Kandahar] Sirdars, and the despatch of British naval vessels to Bushire for possible action against Persia.Physical description: 1 item (22 folios)
10. 'Dunlop Smith Collection: Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma'
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains landscape and architectural views of locations in India, the Persian Gulf, Burma, Florence, China (Yarkand in the latter-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Zanzibar, the Andaman Islands, Balochistan, Scotland as well as group and individual portraits of indigenous groups, colonial administrators and families of colonial administrators. A number of non-photographic elements are also to be found in the album, including four ink and watercolour drawings, and several printed images. The prints are lightly mounted on the page, the majority captioned. They date from the 1860s‒1890s.The album forms part of the collection of Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith (1858‒1921), a British official in the Indian Army, but there are strong indications that it was compiled by Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison (1832‒96), Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma (1878‒80) and, later Lieutenant Governor of Punjab (1882‒87), whose daughter Beatrice Clementina married Dunlop Smith.Elements:1) High Court Calcutta2) The Strand Calcutta3) Lall Dighi & Post Office, Calcutta4) Eden Gardens Calcutta5) The Maidan & Government House, Calcutta6) United Service Club, Calcutta7) The Outram Statue, Calcutta8) The Cathedral Calcutta9) The Post Office, Calcutta10) Lall Dighi & Post Office, Calcutta11) Looshais ‒ Captn Lewin12) Looshais13) Raja of Sikkim and suite ‒ Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite [Darjeeling] Sir George Campbell14) Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite with Raja of Sikkim and followers [Darjeeling] Sir George Campbell15) Lord Mayor's Tomb16) The Mall, Simla, in Winter. Below Gorton Castle.17) Kennedy Lodge, Simla18) Military Department Office, Simla19) Simla from Jakko20) Road round Jakko, Simla21) Government House, Simla22) Government House, Murree23) Foreign Office, Simla, 1870.24) Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti,] Futtehpore Seekree25) [Panch Mahal,] Futtehpore Seekree26) The Taj, Agra27) Itmad-ud-Dowla's Tomb, Agra28) The Baillie Guard, Lucknow29) Hosseinabad, Lucknow30) Installation of Maharana of Oodeypoor with Star of India With Political Agent J P Nixon, 187131) [Installation of Maharana of Oodeypoor with Star of India.]32) Entrance to Jeypor33) Entrance to Jeypor34) Entrance to Bushire Residency35) Bushire Resident's Country House36) Bushire, sea-side view37) Governor's House, Bushire38) Bahrein39) Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein40) Ruffar Fort, Bahrein41) Telegraph Station, Jask42) Sultan's Palace, Muscat43) Muscat Consulate & Agency44) Town of Muscat from inland plain45) Fort Capitano, Muscat46) Fort Jellalee, Muscat47) Muscat Cove48) Minaret in Ormuz49) Bassidore Station50) [Viceroy and Council, (?) Simla.] Mr. E. Clive Bayley, Secretary, Home Department; Colonel C. H. Dickens, Secretary, War Department; Colonel W. H. Norman, Secretary, Military Department; Sir W. H. Muir, Secretary, Foreign Department; Mr. Whitley Stokes, Secretary, Legislative Department; Mr. E. H. Lushington, Secretary, Finance Department; Hon'ble Mr. W. N. Massey, Hon. Mem., Finance Dept.; Hon'ble Mr. G. Noble Taylor, Hon. Mem., Public Works Dept.; Hon'ble Sir W. Mansfield, Commander-in Chief; H. E. Sir J. L. M. Lawrence, Viceroy; Hon'ble Sir H. S. Maine, Hon. Mem., Legislative Dept.; Hon'ble Sir W. Grey, Hon. Mem., Home Dept.; Hon'ble Colonel H. M. Durand, Hon. Mem., Military Dept.51) Lord Northbrook & suite with Maharaja of Puttiala ‒ 187552) [Newspaper cutting with caricature of Sir Richard Temple]53) Burra Dick on The Great Tribulation! See Vanity Fair ‒ Jany. 188154) Chief of Western Karennee & his Wife [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper55) Red Karen, Mounted [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper56) Red Karen Woman [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper57) Bald-headed Karens [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper58) Sambhur Lake. Extraction of Salt from Bed of Lake59) Measuring Labourers' Work and Storing Salt [Sambhar Lake]60) Filling Salt into Bags and Weighing the Salt [Sambhar Lake]61) A Katar or String of Camels taking away the Salt.62) [Courtyard of Museum in Florence, with statuary arranged in colonnade.]63) [View of Florence, looking across the Arno towards the Duomo.]64) Investiture of Maharana of Oudeypour as a G.C.S.I.65) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.66) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.67) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.68) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.69) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.70) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.71) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.72) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.73) The Hooghly above Calcutta74) The Hooghly above Calcutta75) [Apollo Bunder Pier, Bombay. Incorrectly captioned:] Railway Jetty, Howrah, Calcutta.76) Interior of the Union Church, Simla.77) Thakoor Mawjee Bathee ‒ Oudeypoor.78) [Portrait of an unidentified European woman.]79) Haileybury civilians at Simla in 188080) The Chumba Durbar Accession of Raja Sham Singh 187381) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ After rain. Dhul Canal, Cashmere82) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp. Srinuggur.83) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp. Tara Sing, Monshee, etc. [Srinagar].84) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ View at Srinuggur85) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp View86) Yarkund Mission, 1873. Fair ones of Ladak!87) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Indus Valley, Leh.88) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Palace and Monastery, Leh.89) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ View in Bazar, Leh.90) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ View in Bazar, Leh.91) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Group at Leh.92) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Raja of Ladak and Ranees [Leh].93) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Nubra Valley from Panamik. Boodhist Chortuns in the foreground.94) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ The gods of the Boodhists [Panamik].95) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Hot breakfast in Sasser Pass! Elevation 17,000 ft.96) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Kirgiz Akoe. Our smoking Divan [Xaidulla].97) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Group at Kurgallik.98) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Yoozbashees. Attendants.99) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Medical influence [Yarkand].100) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Street hawkers, Yarkund.101) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Dastarkhwan [Kargilik].102) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Artillery of the Guard [Yarkand].103) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Verandah of Audience Hall, Yarkund.104) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Akhoe [tent] extraordinary.105) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Letter and presents from the Queen of England to the Ameer of Yarkund.106) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Presents to the Ameer [of Kashgar].107) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Oves Poli [Kashgar].108) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Chinese [sic for Tungani] troops [Kashgar].109) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Chinese [sic for Tungani] troops [Kashgar].110) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Oves Poli [Kashgar]111) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Party leaving [Kashgar] for Cabool [Kabul].112) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Andijani merchants [Kashgar].113) [Lama Yuru, Ladak. Buddhist Monastery and Chortens.]114) Hon’ble Terence Bourke 1872.115) The Pseudo Nana Sahib as apprehended ‒ 1874116) The Pseudo Nana Sahib shaved & in Mahratta dress.117) Thugs.118) Thugs.119) Foreign Office. Simla 1875.120) Zanzibar 1875121) Clement Park, Lochee [Dundee].122) Foreign Office. Simla123) Sketch of the Gateway at Tank [Tonk] in the Punjab. The scene of the fatal accident to Sir H. M. Durand, K.C.S.I., &c. &c.124) Port Blair, Andaman Islands. The scene of the assassination of the Viceroy of India.125) View of the Jetty at Hope Town, Port Blair, the Scene of the Assassination of the Viceroy of India.126) Port Blair from Ross Island [Andaman Islands]127) Port Blair from Ross Island [Andaman Islands]128) Viceroy of India & Council. Simla, 1874129) Secretaries to Govt. of India. Simla 1874130) Clement Park, Lochee [Dundee]131) Wedding Party. Simla 1875.132) [Major Sandeman & Belooch chiefs.]133) Major Sandeman & Belooch chiefs.134) Belooch chiefs.135) Pressing Mill. Cossipore [Calcutta]136) Cossipore [Calcutta]137) House at Cossipore [Calcutta].138) [House at Cossipore, Calcutta.]139) Group at Cossipore [Calcutta].140) [Group at Cossipore, Calcutta.]141) Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]142) Cardean House, Meigle [Scotland].143) Cardean House, Meigle [Scotland].144) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]145) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]146) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]147) View at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]148) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]149) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]150) Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.151) New Government House, Rangoon.152) [Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.]153) Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.154) 'Irrawaddy', Chief Comr's River Steamer [Burma].155) [Views of the Town Church, Rangoon.]156) Views of the Town Church, Rangoon.157) St. John's College, Rangoon.158) District Courts & Public Offices, Rangoon.159) [View of Merchant Street, Rangoon.]160) View of Merchant Street, Rangoon.161) Recorder's Court, Rangoon.162) [Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]163) Pagodas at Rangoon [Shwe Dagon Pagoda].164) Public Gardens, Rangoon.165) Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon.166) Royal Lakes, Rangoon.167) Public Gardens, Rangoon.168) Approach to the Great Pagoda, Rangoon.169) Fancy Costumes. Rangoon, 1879.170) [Rangoon Groups]171) Rangoon Groups.172) Pilcher's House. Thayetmyo.173) Prome.174) The Great Pagoda, Prome.175) Entrance to Great Pagoda, Prome.176) [Group of Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Chief Commissioner of Burma, with Photographic Department of St Peter's Institute, (?Rangoon.]177) Bassein River with Chief Comr's steamer 'Irrawaddy'.178) Entrance to the Pagoda at Bassein.179) Entrance to the Pagoda at Bassein.180) [Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.]181) [Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.]182) Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.183) [Views at Tonghoo.]184) [Views at Tonghoo.]185) Views at Tonghoo.186) Ancient image of Gaudama, Zaing-ga-naing.187) Interior of caves at Paghat [Kawgun Cave].188) Alguada Reef Lighthouse.189) Kyaik-than-lan or Than-lan Pagoda, Moulmein.190) View on the Salween. Duke of York's Nose.191) Group at Tharrawaddy, British Burma192) Court House at Tharrawaddy.193) Boodhist Monastery at Rangoon.194) Boodhist Monastery [Burma]195) [Burmese pagoda]196) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma]197) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].198) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].199) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].200) A Karen Village [Burma]201) Queen of Eastern Karennee [Burma].202) A group of Shans [Burma].203) A Boodhist Priest [Burma].204) A Boodhist Priest [Burma].205) Burmese women selling fruit206) Burmese women207) Burmese men.208) Karen women209) Burmese woman210) Punjab Officers [at Simla]. 1884.211) The Punjab Government, [Barnes Court, Simla,] 1882.212) [Aitchison family group, Barnes Court, Simla.]213) Barnes Court, Simla. 1882.214) [Burmese Embassy at Simla]215) [Letterpress key to sitters in Photo 355/1/214]216) [Burmese Embassy at Simla]217) Dancing women of the Choráha — Hills between Chamba and Pangi.218) Women of the Choráha219) Men of Pangi Valley220) Men of Chamba-Láhul221) Gaddi Band.222) Gaddis of Barinaur223) Senate Hall. Lahore.224) Government College. Lahore.225) The Mosque of Wazir Khan, Lahore. Fresco decoration, of the Interior XVII century work. From a drawing by Mohamed Din, Allah-ud-din and Amir Baksh, students of the Lahore School of Art.226) Missionary Conference, Amritsar, 1883.227) [Unidentified group, India]228) [Group of Viceroy and Lady Ripon and staff, Simla, 1884]229) [Barnes Court, Simla]230) [Barnes Court, Simla]231 [Unidentified Church, (?)India]232) [Group of Sir Charles Aitchison and staff, Multan, Feb. 1884. Names given at Photo 355/2/19][The following are loose photographs:]233) Group of two natives of Hunza and two from Nagyr in hostile attitude, a native of Agasin being the umpire. They all speak the same language and belong to the same race, but Hunza and Nagyr are hereditary foes, only combining against a foreign enemy. A river divides the countries of Hunza and Nagyr, a Hunza fort being ever confronted with one of Nagyr on the opposite bank.234) Group of Nagyries now at Srinagar. On the right seated in a chair is Raja Habibulla, son of the ruling Tham of Nagyr. On the ground is a Nagyr Sayad of good position and some Education in Arabic & Persian. He is one of the bi-ennial hostages sent from Nagyr to Kashmir.235) Group of Chitrali players who generally precede a procession of the Chief. In the midst is Taighum Shah, a Court singer and player of reputation. The Chitrali melodies are singularly beautiful and the poetry shows much appreciation of nature.236) Christ Church Simla, in snow.Inscriptions:Spine, gold emboss: ‘Album’Throughout the album captions are hand-lettered in black ink. Further notations in pencil have been added later by cataloguers and album owner alike.Physical description: Dimensions:Album: 498 x 325 x 53 mmFormat:Green and broad half leather album containing two hundred and thirty-six photographic and other prints as well as four watercolour drawings, lightly pasted into volume, except for the final four images, which are loose.Materials:Paper, black ink, watercolour, albumen prints, mechanically printed material, newspaper cuttings, marbled endpapers.Condition:While the binding is still sturdy for the most part – aside from extensive scuffing and losses at all edges, particularly upper spine – the individual paper pages are foxed discoloured, torn and crumbling throughout.Foliation:The images have been numbered 1–236 alongside each image in pencil and paginated 1–120 in pencil in the upper right and left corners of each page, though the pagination has later been crossed out. Some additional image sequencing in pencil (e.g. a–d per image on each page) has been crossed out.Process:Albumen printsBinding:The album is bound in green and brown half leather format, which is heavily scuffed along the spine, particularly at the upper spine. The binding also features linen joints and hand-stitching. A now-detached twisted blue string may have served as a page marker.
11. ‘ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1862.’
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- 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 1862. The letters are dated 3 January 1862-31 December 1862. The abstracts are numbered 1-140 and each have one of the following titles:Abstract of Letters Received from IndiaAbstract of Secret Letters Received from IndiaAbstract of Military Letters Received from IndiaAbstract of Letters Received from the Resident at AdenAbstract of Secret Letters Received from the Resident at Aden.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 included in the volume concerns events in British India, the Persian Gulf, and Aden and the coast of East Africa, including:Revenue and expenditureCommunications, such as postal services and telegraph linesPublic works, including railways and roads, canals and river navigation, ports, irrigation, and forestryLand issues, including taxation, surveys, the use and sale of land, and disputes over the payment of rentsThe affairs of the Princely States, including internal administration and succession, and other dynastic affairs of local rulersInternal affairs, including the reorganisation of police forces and the establishment of High CourtsMilitary affairs, including the recruitment and disbandment of military units, organisation and supply, the reduction of military expenditure, military reform, and the command of military units, and also the fortifications and harbour defences at Bombay [Mumbai]The production of crops, such as indigo, cotton and opiumThe pay and pensions of civil and military personnel in IndiaEmigration from India to British and French coloniesThe 'suppression' of suttee [sati] in IndiaThe construction of a telegraph line in the Persian Gulf as part of a line between England and India, particularly along the Mekran [Makran] Coast in Persia [Iran]French activity in the Indian Ocean, including at Aden, the Red Sea, and MadagascarAffairs in Aden, including a dispute concerning a debt owed to the Foudtheli [Faḍlī] ruler, Sultan Ahmed [Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh al-Faḍlī], and proposals for the improvement of defences at AdenAffairs in Afghanistan, including the operations of the Ameer of Cabul [Kabul], Dost Mahomed [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy, Amīr of Afghanistan] against HeratAffairs in Burmah [Burma or Myanmar], including proposals for the establishment of a British Chief CommissionershipAffairs in East Africa, including the trade in enslaved people at Zanzibar, and the 'massacre' of European sailors by Somalies [Somalis]Affairs in the Gulf, including: the intention of the Ruler of Bahrein, Sheikh Mahomed Bin Khaleefa [Hakim of Bahrain, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] to declare war against the Wahabees [Wahhābīs] due to a dispute with the ruler of Demaun [Damman], Mahomed Bin Abdoollah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh]; and a revolt of the Beni Sâd [Āl Sa‘d] against the Sultan of Muscat, Seyed Thoweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]Affairs on the Northeast Frontier of India, including the military campaign against a ‘disturbance’ in the Cossyah [Khasi] and Jynteah [Jaintia] Hills, and the threat of an attack upon Darjeeling by Bhotan [Bhutan].The primary correspondents are:The Government of India (Education, Electric, Financial, Foreign, General, Home, Judicial, Legislative, Marine, Political, Public Works, Railway, Revenue and Telegraph departments)The Governor-General of IndiaThe Political Resident, AdenThe Political Agent, Zanzibar.The abstracts were printed and bound in London, and each one includes the following colophon: ‘LONDON: Printed by GEORGE E. EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.’Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 374; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains three original pagination sequences between ff 4-6, ff 10-358, and ff 359-371.
12. 'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1867'
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- 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 1867. The letters are dated November 1866-December 1867. The abstracts each have one of the following titles:Abstracts of Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Military Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Secret Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Secret Letters receivedAbstracts of Secret Letters received from the Resident at AdenAbstracts of Letters received from Colonel Merewether, Commanding Abyssinian Reconnoitering Force.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:Famine in Madras and Bengal Provinces, in particular Orissa [Odisha], and a subsequent enquiry into the handling of the Orissa famine by British officialsPublic works, including railways, irrigation, roads, docks, lighthouses, navigational locks, and land reclamationPay, pensions, recruitment, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishments, including the employment of ‘Natives’ in the Civil administrationIssues concerning Princely States, including: issues of succession; pensions; local administration; land claims; extradition treaties; debts; subsidies for railway passage; an attempt to overthrow the Rajah of Munnipore [Manipur] [Raja Chandrakirti Singh] by exiled Munnipooree [Manipuri] revolutionaries; the disarming of the Maharaja Scindia’s forces; and the proposed deposition of the Nawab of Tonk [Nawāb Muḥammad ‘Alī Khān]Issues concerning the Indo-European Telegraph, including negotiations with the Governments of Persia [Iran] and Bagdad [Baghdad] for overland telegraph routesLand issues, including: plantations of cash crops such as cotton, cinchona, and tea; the sale of ‘waste lands’; forestry; land revenue settlements; and tenant rightsRevenue and expenditure, with tables for the financial years 1865-66 and 1866-67 and estimates for the financial year 1867-68Judicial affairsEducationFinanceIssues concerning emigration from India to French coloniesMilitary affairs, including: the supply, transport, and accommodation of troops; sanitation; proposed deployments of Indian troops in the Straits Settlements and China; the deployment of a local counterinsurgency force in Kattywar [Kathiawar]; and claims of military units on ‘prize money’ [property looted by British forces] consequent to service in the ‘Mutiny’ [Indian Uprising of 1857]The murder of British ships’ crews on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and proposed retaliatory expeditionsFrontier affairs, including: a campaign against the Hussun Kheyl Afreedies [Ḥassan Khel clan of the Afrīdī tribe] on the Northwest Frontier; raids and fortifications on the frontiers of Punjab and Sind [Sindh]; and frontier policy in Beloochistan [Baluchistan]Civil conflict in Affghanistan [Afghanistan] between the Ameer Shere Ali [Amīr Shīr ‘Alī Khān] and Mahomed Ufzal Khan [Amīr Muḥammad Afẓal Khān], and suspected Persian designs on the countryAffairs in the Persian Gulf, including the seizure of a ship from Bahrein [Bahrain] by Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and subsequent protest from Persia; the presence of Turkish [Ottoman] warships in the Gulf; proposed deployments of ships to combat the slave trade; the relations of the Chief [Shaikh] of Bahrein with the Wahabee [Wahhābī movement]; and complaints from the British India Steam Navigation Company concerning trade embargoes on some products by Persian authoritiesAffairs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, in particular attempts by Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa’īd Āl Bū Sa’īd] to capture MuscatAffairs in and around Aden Settlement, including conflict with the Foodlee [Faḍlī Sultanate] and Turkish [Ottoman] attempts to make Mukalla and Shehur [Ash Shihr] tributaryAffairs in Zanzibar, including slavery, the construction of a new capital in Dhar Salaam [Dar es Salam] by the Sultan, and reports of the death of the missionary Dr David LivingstoneThe imprisonment of British and other nationals by Emperor Theodorus [Tewodros II] of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] in the context of civil conflict in the country, and preparations for a British expedition to Abyssinia. Includes reports from an advance mission by Colonel William Mereweather, Commanding Officer of the Abyssinia Reconnoitering Force, to identify an invasion route for the expeditionAffairs in Burmah [Myanmar/Burma], including trade relations and customs duties, civil unrest in and around Mandalay and the flight of Burmese princes to India; proposed roads or railways to China; and a Burmese mission to France to conclude commercial agreements and acquire weaponsThe annexation of three districts of Cochin China [Vietnam] by FranceAffairs in Central Asia, in particular the Russian advance; a request from the Ameer [Amir] of Bokhara [Bukhara] for British support against Russia; and insecurity in Eastern Toorkistan [Xinjiang] following the capture of Khotan [Hotan] by Kokandee [Kokandi] raidersThe primary correspondents are:The Government of IndiaThe Government of BengalThe Government of MadrasThe Government of BombayThe Viceroy and Governor-General of IndiaThe Resident in AdenThe Political Agent in ZanzibarColonel William Mereweather, Commanding Officer of the Abyssinia Reconnoitering Force.The abstracts were printed and bound in London, and each one includes the following colophon: ‘LONDON: Printed by GEORGE E. EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.’Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 338; 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.
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