'ABSTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1868'

Title:

'ABSTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1868'

Date:

1868/1868

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 1868. The letters are dated 5 December 1867-11 December 1868.The abstracts are numbered 1-123 and each have one of the following titles:Abstracts of Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Military Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from Colonel Merewether, on Special Duty in AbyssiniaAbstracts of Letters received from AbyssiniaAbstracts of Secret Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar.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, Abyssinia [Ethiopia], Burmah [Burma/Myanmar], Affghanistan [Afghanistan], Persia [Iran], Zanzibar, Oman and Muscat, and Aden, and covers the following subjects:Pay, pensions, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishmentsRevenue and expenditure, including income taxes, license taxes, disaster relief, and land revenue ratesCommunication, including postal services, and telegraph systemsPublic works and transportation, including railways, canals, roads, hospitals, ports, irrigation, jails, and lighthousesThe foreign relations of the Government of India, including with Persia, Burmah, Affghanistan , Muscat [Muscat and Oman], Abyssinia, and FranceEducation, including the Government of India’s support for use of vernacular languages in education, and financial support for female education in BombayBorder disturbances on the North-West FrontierEfforts by the British to repress ‘Wagheer outlaws’ in Kattywar [Kathiawar]Introduction of European freshwater fish into Indian waterwaysPayments, land grants, and tax reductions offered to British Indians for assisting the British during the Indian RevoltEvents in the Princely States, including British payments to rulers and ex-rulers, gifts sent to Queen Victoria, successions, visits of rulers to England, and the deposition of the Nawab of TonkProposals for the manufacturing of ordnance in IndiaProposals for the annexation of the Nicobar IslandsRescue of shipwreck survivors in the Andaman IslandsProposal for an expedition to the Andaman and Nicobar IslandsRussian activities in Affghanistan, Persia, and Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara]Turkish [Ottoman] activities at Maculla [Mukalla] and Shehur [Ash-Shihr], YemenFrench activities in Burmah, China, and YemenCivil war in AffghanistanA British treaty with the King of Burmah, ratified 26 November 1867The progress of an exploratory expedition to Western ChinaOpium production and exportation to ChinaEmigration of ‘Coolies’ to French GuianaThe British expedition to AbyssiniaDiscussion of possible locations for a quarantine station in the Red SeaIncrease of the stipend paid to the Foodlee [Faḍlī] Sultan by the BritishPayments to the Abdalee [Abdalī] Ruler for his support of the British against the FoodleeDisputes concerning the payment of a subsidy from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Sultan of MuscatDestruction of slave-trading vessels by the Sultan of ZanzibarNaval attacks by the Rulers of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Abuthaby [Abu Dhabi] on the inhabitants of Gattar [Qatar]Retaliatory attacks by the Ruler of Guttar [Qatar] against BahreinPunishment imposed by the British on the Rulers of Bahrein, Abuthaby, and Gattar for their ‘breach of the peace at sea’, including the deposition of Shaikh Mahomed bin Khalifeh [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] of BahreinGrowing hostility between the Sultan of Lahej [Laḥij Sultanate] and the Sultan of Houshebi [Ḥawshabī Sultanate]Plans made by Syud Torkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to take the Sultanate of Muscat while living on a British stipend in Bombay [Mumbai]Capture of Muscat and deposition of Sultan Syud Salim [Sayyid Sālim bin Thuwaynī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] by Azan bin Ghias [Imām ‘Azzān bin Qays]Proposals for the creation of a dedicated British naval force in the Persian GulfDisputes between Persia and Muscat concerning the lease of the island of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and the ownership of the island of Angaum [Hengam]Proposal for the housing of the ‘Ming-Goon-Dine Prince’ [Prince Myingundaing of Burma] in Bhaugulpore [Bhagulpur] following an unsuccessful rebellion against the King of BurmaEscape from British custody and recapture of the ‘Myeng-Goon Prince’ [Prince Myingun of Burma]British ‘anti-piracy’ measures in the Mergui ArchipelagoOwnership of enslaved persons by British Indian subjects in ZanzibarAn embassy sent from Zanzibar to England to discuss the suppression of the slave tradeFrench naval bombardment and military occupation of Mohéli IslandExtracts from the 16 June 1868 and 30 June 1868 editions of the London Gazette, containing reports of the Abyssinian expedition.A detailed index of subjects, places and people mentioned in the correspondence is included on folios 484-502.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.’The primary correspondents are:The Government of IndiaThe Governor-General of IndiaColonel William Lockyer MerewetherLieutenant-General Robert Cornwallis [Cornelis] NapierThe Political Agent at Zanzibar.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 505; 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 volume also contains multiple original pagination sequences.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

حملة الحبشة (١٨٦٧-١٨٦٨)
الغارات (العلوم العسكرية)
البنية التحتية للنقل
الشؤون العسكرية
تجارة الرقيق
الإنفاق
الشؤون الخارجية
الإيراد

Geographic region:

Abyssinia
India
Sultanate of Muscat and Oman

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000d9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000d9_en
IOR/L/PS/20/CA8
IOR/L/PS/20/CA8

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