Affairs in the Persian Gulf, Sinde and Bombay

Title:

Affairs in the Persian Gulf, Sinde and Bombay

Date:

1840/1840

Description:

Abstract: Enclosures nos. 6-57 and 59 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 29 February 1840. The enclosures are dated 11 November 1839-28 February 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, Sinde [Sindh] and Bombay. Folios 636-704 and 712-717 are primarily concerned with preparations for the Euphrates Expedition, including: the journey from Karack [Kharg] to Graine [Jazirat Qurayn, Kuwait] of the East India Company ship Uraniacarrying three iron steamers for use by the Expedition, to be lightened; a fire on board the Urania; the journey of the Uraniaup the Euphrates as far as Marghul [Al Maqal, Basra, also spelled Margeil in the file]; and a request for a vessel from the Gulf Squadron to be assigned to protect the steamers during their construction. Folios 705-711 are primarily concerned with arrangements for the surveillance and potential detention of Hyder Khan, son of Dost Mahomed [Dost Mohammad Khan, former Emir of Afghanistan], upon his arrival in Bombay. Folios 718-731 are primarily concerned with a comparison between the health of troops at Kurrachee [Karachi, also spelled Kuratchee in the file] and at Tatta [Thatta], and the abandonment of the latter as a military base because of sickness there. Folios 732-753 are primarily concerned with the arrival in Bombay of Petros, an Armenian priest appointed on a mission to Cabool [Kabul] by Catchatoor Aratoon [Khachatur Arathon], Patriarch of Julfa. The primary correspondents are: the Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Henry Blosse Lynch, leader of the Euphrates Expedition, and other officers of the Expedition; the Government of India; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and the Political Resident, Sinde. Folios 758-762 contain a newsletter sent out by the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, consisting of summaries of reports from British officials and military officers in various parts of South Asia and the Middle East. The newsletter is divided into the following headings, most of which refer to the place a report was sent from: Ava [Inwa]; Bokhara [Bukhara]; Cabool [Kabul]; Herat; Jyepore [Jaipur]; Khiva; Lahore; Peshawur [Peshawar]; and Items of General Intelligence. The report from Cabool includes an examination of the natural resources of Afghanistan, particularly copper.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 624, and terminates at f 791, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Missionaries
Military facilities

Geographic region:

Persian Gulf
Sinde
Bombay

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100111230835.0x000006_ar
81055/vdc_100111230835.0x000006_en
IOR/L/PS/5/381, ff 624-791
IOR/L/PS/5/381, ff 624-791

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