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.
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 19 of 1853, dated 14 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 25 November 1852 to 9 March 1853.Most of the enclosures consist of correspondence regarding ‘disturbances’ in the Bhawulpoor territory [Bahawalpur], in relation to the disputed succession of Saadut (also spelled Sadick Khan in this item) [Ṣādiq III] as Nawab Amir and his deposition by Hajee Khan alias Mahomed Futteh Khan [Muḥammad Fath' Khān], and the possibility of troops being required to be sent into Bhawulpoor territory from Upper Sind [Sindh].The main correspondents are as follows: the Commissioner in Sind (Henry Bartle Edward Frere); the Quarter Master General of the Army; and the Government of Bombay.This item also includes: a letter from HM Envoy at Tehran, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, forwarding an extract from a recent number of the official
Gazettepublished in Tehran, announcing that an arrangement had been concluded between the Prince Governor of Khorassan [Khorasan] and Alee Khan Seestanee ['Ali Khān Sistanī] for the protection of roads; and a minute by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by the Board, directing that copies of Sheil’s letter be sent to the Commissioner in Sind, the Government of India, and the Secret Committee.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-10, on folios 435-436. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.