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1. Reports from the Commissioner in Sind
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 1 of 1853, dated 3 January 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-22. There is a note on folio 1 dated 2 November 1906 stating that numbers 3-9 are missing. The missing enclosures numbered 3-9 are dated 16 October 1852 to 18 December 1852, and enclosures 10-22 are dated 30 March 1852 to 28 December 1852.The missing enclosures 3-9 listed in the abstract of contents consist of correspondence (with the Commissioner in Sind [Sindh] and the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India) and minutes of the Government of Bombay, relating to rewards for certain individuals for their services in the enquiry against Meer Ali Morad [Mīr ʿAlī Murād Khān Tālpūr, Khan of Khairpur].Enclosures 10-22 consist of correspondence, and minutes of the Governor of Bombay, relating to reports by the Commissioner in Sind of the following:The belief of the Commissioner in Sind that an individual named Goolam Moheedeen Khan [Ghulām Muhyī al-Din Khān], who had presented himself to Major John Jacob, Political Superintendent on the Frontier, Upper Sind, as a Wakeel [Vakil] from Kandahar [also spelled Candahar in this item], had been passing himself off as an agent of the British Government at CandaharAn attack by the Murrees [Marri] on the town of Poolajee [Phuleji or Foliji] in the territory of the Khan of Khelat [Kalat]American vessels visiting the port of Guarder [Gwadar] on the Mukran Coast [Makran Coast] for the purpose of tradeThe Shah of Persia [Iran] reportedly offering a frontier district to the Candahar Government on certain conditions.The main correspondents are the following: the Commissioner in Sind; the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay; and HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-22, on folios 2-4. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
2. Affairs in Sind, Bhawulpoor, Mekran, and Rajpootana
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 23 of 1853, dated 29 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-17 and are dated 28 December 1852 to 28 March 1853.The enclosures consist of correspondence, and minutes by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by Board. They concern matters including:Affairs at Bhawulpoor [Bahawalpur, also spelled Bhawulpore in this item], and troops from Upper Sind [Sindh] being held in readiness for service in BhawulpoorAn irregularity in the application of the Commander in Sind for the possible requisition of troops from Upper SindPersian [Iranian] troops occupying Kussurkund [Qasr-e Qand] in Mekran [Makran], and being expected to arrive at Gwadir [Gwadar]The march of the Rajpootana [Rajputana] Field Force from Nusseerabad [Nasirabad] to aid in the capture of the Fort of Narawlee [Narauli? Also spelled Narolee and Narowly in this item], and the surrender of the fort on 12 March 1853An attack by the Murrees [Marri, also spelled Marrees in this item] in the town of Poolajee [Phuleji or Foliji] in the Khelat [Kalat] territoryThe disposal of the money from the sale of certain confiscated gold belonging to Meer Ali Morad [Mīr ʿAlī Murād Khān Tālpūr], and the Commissioner in Sind’s suggestion that it could be spent on building school rooms in Upper Sind.The principle correspondents are as follows: the Commissioner in Sind, Henry Bartle Edward Frere; the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet; the Quarter Master General of the Army, Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel J Holland; the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hancock; and the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Charles Allen.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-17, on folios 475-476. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.