Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 64 of 1847, dated 16 July 1847. The enclosures are dated 11-15 June 1847 (although some internal documents date back to 1 April 1847).The primary documents are tables forwarded by John Scott, Secretary of the Medical Board, for the attention of the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, and the Governor-General, of comparative statistics of the health of the troops at Aden, Poona [Pune], Deesa, and Belguam, during the periods 1840-1841, and 1843, including percentage mortality in proportion to strength.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-5, on folio 231. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 8 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 9-16 January 1857.The papers comprise the following:A summary by the Secretary to Government in the Military Department, Bombay, regarding arrangements for detaching reinforcements to the Persian Expedition, keeping open communications, and replacing troops in the Bombay Presidency by transfers from Bengal and Madras [Chennai]General Orders to the Military Department, by the Governor in Council, Bombay, regarding the assembling of a second Division of the Expeditionary Force for service in Persia [Iran], including a list of the following: Field Force commanders; the personal staff of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram; Head-Quarters Staff; First Division staff and Brigade Staff; and Second Division and Brigade Staff (ff 124-125)A letter to the Governor and President in Council from Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind [Sindh], remonstrating against the proposed removal of one regiment of the Sind Irregular Horse serving on the Frontier of Upper Sind for service in Persia.Physical description: 1 item (15 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 7 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 25 December 1856-14 January 1857.The primary correspondents are Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, Commanding the Persian Expeditionary Force; Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Resident, Aden; and the Government of Bombay. Also included are several Resolutions and Minutes of the Board, the Governor and President in Council, and individual members in Council.The papers chiefly relate to the appointment of Outram’s personal staff for the duration of the campaign in Persia [Iran], notably:The appointment of Reverend George Percy Badger as Assistant Chaplain and Arabic InterpreterOutram’s requests for Lieutenant W H F Sykes, 3rd Regiment Bombay Light Cavalry (stationed in England) and, pending Sykes’s arrival, Captain Charles Hervey, 2nd Regiment European Light Infantry, to be appointed Aide de Camp and Private SecretaryThe proposed salaries for the Private Secretary and Reverend Badger and their assistantsThe proposed withdrawal from Aden of Lieutenant Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, for service with Outram in the Persian Gulf, including: the objections of Brigadier Coghlan who asserts that Playfair’s work and duties in Aden are indispensable and that there is no suitably qualified substitute for his Assistant; Playfair’s letter arguing against Coghlan and pleading his case to join Outram (ff 109-110); discussions between the members in Council concerning Playfair and Coghlan’s positions, and their ultimate sanctioning of Coghlan’s viewsUncertainty expressed by the Military Auditor General regarding the proper emolument (salary) for the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Field.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
Abstract: A table displaying the troops, artillery, and military supplies available for service in Bagdad [Baghdad], signed John Raymond, Conductor of Stores in Bagdad, and dated 14 June 1800.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-15 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 1 October 1844. The enclosures are dated 16 July-27 September 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the pay, deployment and appointment of military and naval personnel in British India, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, including:A decision that the detachment that protected Hyderabad during the Battle of Dubba [also known as the Battle of Dubbo or the Battle of Hyderabad] on 24 March 1843 should be eligible for the same six-months’ worth of batta [allowance or expenses] granted to detachments actively involved in the battleThe arrival at Trincomalee of Commodore Henry Ducie Chads to take command of ‘the Squadron in the Indian Seas’A recommendation that artillery serving on the steam vessels on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers should be withdrawnThe appointment of a new Superintendent of Canals and Forests in Sinde [Sindh].The primary correspondents are: Commodore Chads; the Governor of Sinde; the Native Agent, Muscat; the Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Quartermaster-General, Bombay; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (29 folios)
Abstract: A dispatch from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, at Fort St George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 3 September 1799, regarding: the dispatch of an embassy to the court of Baba Khan [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], King [Shah] of Persia [Iran]; the Treaty of Mysoor [Mysore or Mysuru]; an additional regiment of cavalry being raised in accordance with the Treaty of Hyderabad; and the extent to which the military establishments [military staff] of Fort St George and Bombay [Mumbai] should be increased.There is a postscript dated 5 September 1799 concerning the news received from Syria of the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army at St Jean D’Acre [Akko].The letter was received via the ship Earl Howe, 30 August 1800.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)