'Abstracts of Letters from India 1872'

Title:

'Abstracts of Letters from India 1872'

Date:

1871/1872

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 1872. The letters are dated December 1871-December 1872. The abstracts each have one of the following titles:Abstracts of Military Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Secret Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar and Bushire [Bushehr]Abstracts of Letters received from BushireAbstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar, Bushire and AdenAbstracts of Letters received from ZanzibarAbstracts of Letters received from Bushire and 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 covers issues including:Public works, including: railways, including a proposed railway in Persia [Iran], and irrigationIssues concerning Princely States, including internal administration and issues of successionPay, pensions, recruitment, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishmentsRevenue, expenditure, and taxationBanking and financeTelegraphyEducation, including efforts at promoting literature, science, and art by the Government of IndiaJudicial affairs, including the trial of Wahabee [Wahhabī] leaders in BengalLand issues, including: the cultivation of cinchona, coffee, and opium; coal mining; land administration and revenue settlementsIssues concerning emigration from India to British, French, and Dutch colonies, and the proposed emigration of Indian labourers to CubaA cholera epidemic in BengalA cyclone in Madras [Chennai]Frontier affairs, including a rebellion against the Khan of Khelat [Kalat], conflict and negotiation with Wuzeeree [Wazīrī] tribes on the Northwest Frontier; the question of maintaining the garrison in Peshawur [Peshawar]; an expedition against the Looshai [Mizo people] and a planned expedition to the Garo Hills on the Northeast FrontierMilitary affairs, including the supply of military unitsAn insurrection of the Kookas [Namdharis/Kuka Sikhs] in Punjab, including the case of the summary execution of insurgents by John Lambert Cowan, Deputy Commissioner of the Loodiana [Ludhiana] DistrictThe assassination of the Earl of Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, in Port BlairAffairs in Persia, including the arbitration of the Mekran [Makran] and Seistan [Sistan] borders, the proposed secondment of British officers to the Persian army, famine, and Persia’s relations with TurkeyAffairs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including the consolidation of and challenges to the rule of the Sultan Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa’īd Āl Bū Sa’īd] and the loss of Charbar [Chabahar] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ‘Abbas] to PersiaAffairs in Zanzibar, including: the slave trade; the delegating of customs management to Jairam Sewjee; the issue of the Zanzibar Subsidy to Muscat; and correspondence with the missionary Dr David Livingstone in Central AfricaAffairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula, including: the Turkish [Ottoman] campaign in Nejd [Najd] and suspected Turkish designs on Bahrein [Bahrain]; and the settlement of Odeyd [Khor al-Udayd], claimed by Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], by an independent tribe;Affairs in and around Aden Settlement, including transit dues on roads and the proposed colonisation of Socotra by ItalyAffairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], including tribal insurgency and alleged trade in enslaved people at Bussorah [Basra]Affairs in Central Asia, including the Russian advance, the visits of envoys from Bokhara [Bukhara] and Yarkund [Yarkant] to India, and negotiations with Russia concerning the northern boundary of Affghanistan [Afghanistan]Affairs in Burmah [Burma/Myanmar]The Panthay Rebellion in China.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 inside back cover with 303; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence. Pages 1 and 2 are missing.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

الغزو العثماني الثاني لشرق الجزيرة العربية (١٨٧١-١٨٧٣)
التمردات
تجارة الرقيق
إدارة المستعمرات
الحدود
العمليات العسكرية
الشؤون العسكرية
الشؤون الخارجية

Geographic region:

India

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000dd_ar
81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000dd_en
IOR/L/PS/20/CA12
IOR/L/PS/20/CA12

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