Abstract: This item consists of a Political Despatch from the Government of India's Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 7 July 1873 and received by the India Office's Political Department on 12 August 1873. It contains copies of a single item of correspondence regarding the case of Nawab Mahomed Abdolla Khan [Nawab Muḥammad ‘Abdullāh Khān], a Carnatic stipendiary, and whether his stipend should be increased. It is written in reply to Political Despatch No. 36 from the Secretary of State to the Foreign Department, dated 9 April 1873, which is also included, and which encloses an earlier item on the same subject, Political Despatch No. 95, 10 August 1871.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 23, and terminates at f 27, 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 two foliation insertion anomalies: f 23a and 26a.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of an enclosure to a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 September 1874, relating to correspondence between HM Consul-General in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Redif Pasha [Radīf Pāshā], Governor-General of Bagdad [Baghdad], concerning the latter postponing further payment on account of telegraph stores, and repeating his promise to complete liquidation by the middle of March 1875.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences and terminates at f 50, as it is part of a larger physical volume; this number is written in pencil, is circled, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This volume consists of two parts: Part 1, ‘Persia: Payment for maintenance of the Cossack Division’ (IOR/L/PS/10/780/1), and Part 2, ‘Persia: Expenditure payments for maintenance of Cossack Division’ (IOR/L/PS/10/780/2). Both parts concern the Cossack Division [Persian Cossack Brigade] in Persia [Iran] and the payments made by the British Government for the maintenance of the Division.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 207-217; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.Pagination: a pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 123-126; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Copy of a letter from Major Lewis Ferdinand Smith to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, of 22 April 1810. In the letter, sent from Calcutta [Kolkata], Smith, who had been recommended by Jones for employment training Persian troops, explains that the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto, had objected to him working in Persia. Smith also requests that he receive payment in arrears for his expenses and a sum to pay for his passage back to England, on the basis that he can find no alternative employment, and provides an account of his expenses and payments already received.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s Dispatch No. 28 of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, to Major Lewis Ferdinand Smith, of 18 August 1810. The letter is in reply to Smith’s letter of 22 April (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/70). The letter concerns Smith’s expenses, which Jones is not able to fully settle. Jones also informs Smith of the appointment of Sir Gore Ouseley as Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, and promises to recommend Smith to Ouseley for employment in Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s Dispatch No. 28 of 14 September 1810, which was received on 6 February 1811.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)