Abstract: The volume consists of correspondence sent to the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf at the time, and the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay.The letters transmit printed circulars issued by the Government of India reporting on the victories achieved over the Sikh Army during the Sikh War, between December 1845 and February 1846. They include lists of officers killed and wounded during the Battle of Mudki, on 18 December 1845 (folios 9v-11v) and during the Battle of Sobraon, on 10 February 1846 (folios 32v-34v).Relations with the Wahabee (Wahabi) Chief in the Persian Gulf are also covered in the volume.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The numbering begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 41. There is an incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos.
Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 23 of 1846, dated 15 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Punjaub [Punjab], including the following: the publication, republication, and dissemination of the announcement for the military victory of British forces over the Sikh [Khāliṣah] Army; orders for reinforcements from Surat to Currachee [Karachi]; twenty lacs [lākh] (2,000,000) of rupees sent from the Government of Bengal to the Government of Scinde [Sindh]; and orders for the raising of a second corps of Scinde Irregular Horse. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 61-70).Physical description: 1 item (114 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 32 of 1846, dated 16 March 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Punjaub [Punjab], including: the publication and dissemination of the announcement for the successful termination of war in the Punjaub and the submission of Maharajah Duleep Sing [Mahārājah Dalīp Singh] and the Lahore Durbar [Court of the Sikh Khāliṣah] to the British Government; and the murder of an Arab villager of Bussorah [Basra] by a British seaman. There is a note in red ink on folio 327 indicating despatches twenty to twenty-one are missing, dated 29 October 1906. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 325-328). Correspondence from the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (30 folios)
