Title supplied by cataloger.Missing folio(s) at the end.Bound with: Fatḥ al-ʻazīz li-ahl al-tamyīzʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAbd al-Rashīd al-Akbarābādī (ff. 1r-16v).MS Arab SM4354. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Title from f. 1r.According to colophon, copy completed in Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1278 AH May 1862 AD.Marbled paper over boards ; light brown leather over spine and corners.MS Persian 69. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian with quotations in Arabic.
Copy completed in the hand of Muḥammad Hāshim al-Ṭāyir in 1094 1683.Iran Jewett manuscript no. 2.MS Persian 102. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 1 of 1841, dated 28 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 15 November 1840 to 27 January 1841.The enclosures mainly consist of copies of letters sent and received by the Government of Bombay, relating to the embargo placed on the vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm [Qishm], Shaikh Abdool Ruhman bin Suggur [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Saqr], visiting India being removed, and the Shaikh’s buggalow [sailing vessel] the
Yacoob(also written as Acoob) being released, upon his entering into an engagement to pay a demand from the British Government for the plunder of the buggalow
Futeh Ool Ruhman.This correspondence is between Government of Bombay and the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell); Shaikh Abdool Ruhman bin Suggur of Kishm, and his Agent Mahomed Moolla Hussan (also spelled Mahomed Moola Hoossein); the Collector of Customs, Bombay; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Secretary to the Government of Fort St George; and the Secretary to the Government of India.Letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf include copies of enclosed letters to the Political Agent at Muscat, to Shaikh Abdool Ruhman, and from the Imam of Muscat.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-15, on folios 3-5. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
According to the colophon (f. 68v), copy completed in 1290 AH 1873 or 74 AD.Written in one column, 9 lines per pages, in black and red.MS Arab SM4176. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence concerning the 1939 Turkish earthquake. It largely consists of: copies of letters from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Counsellor, British Embassy, Angora [Ankara], Turkey, forwarding enclosed correspondence regarding expressions of sympathy and contributions towards the relief fund from various Indian municipal committees and councils, the Arya Samaj of Peshawar Cantonment, and Muslims of Navalgund and surrounding villages; and letters in response from the British Embassy, Angora.It also includes a copy of a telegram from HM Consul-General, Lourenço Marques [Maputo], Mozambique, to the Foreign Office [?], and a letter to the Turkish Ambassador from Philip Nichols, Foreign Office, regarding a donation from Muslim Indians at Lourenço Marques to be transmitted to the Turkish Relief Fund.The file includes copies of a letter in French from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British Ambassador to Turkey, 6 March 1940 (folios 19 and 31).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the case concerning a former public relations officer at the Persian Consulate in Bombay and his allegations against British activity in Persia.The file includes correspondence between: the Imperial Consul General for Iran in India; the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department; and the British Legation, Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains papers relating to visits by the Royal Indian Navy to ports in East Africa and the Indian Ocean. The majority of the papers are exchanges between the Colonial Office in London and British officials in East Africa. The bulk of the papers convey serious British concerns about Indian ambitions across the region, particularly in places such as Mauritius where there is a sizable Indian majority. Many of the folios discuss the reception accorded to visiting Indian officers and naval staff in East African port cities as a measure of loyalty to Britain.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Title from f. 1v.Black cloth; tan leather spine and corners.Written in one column, 13 lines per page, in black and red.According to the colophon (f. 199r), copy completed in the hand of Khwājah Munawwar ʻAlī in Hyderabad on 25 Jumādá al-Ūlá 1256 AH March 11, 1840 AD.MS Arab SM4286. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 24 January 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 17 July 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from HM Consul-General at Odessa, regarding the trade which has sprung up between India and Odessa consequent on the opening of the Suez Canal, and stating that Mr Abbott has been thanked for his Report, and told that any information which he may be able to send on the subject from time to time will be highly appreciated.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 182, and terminates at f 188, 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 182a.
Title from f. 1r.According to the colophon (f. 22r), copy completed in 1264 AH 1848 AD.Bound. Marbled paper over boards; brown leather on spine and corners.Written in one column, 9 lines per page, in black and red.From the books of Abū al-Ḥusayn Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad.With this is bound: Kitāb Basṭ al-yadayn li-ikrām al-abawaynMuḥammad Ghawth ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad (ff. 25r-49v) -- Risālah fī iʻrāb al-rabb min Allāhumma Rabb hādhihi al-daʻwahṢibghat Allāh ibn Muḥammad Ghawth ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad (ff. 51r-58r).MS Arab SM4301. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.