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1. Affairs in India and Elsewhere
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay's Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 8 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 2 November 1840 to 1 February 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence sent and received by the Government of Bombay, and copies of other papers such as minutes, memoranda and resolutions.The main correspondents are as follows: the Government of Bombay's Military Board; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent in Lower Scinde; and the Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army. Other correspondents include the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul], and the Political Agent in Upper Scinde.Many of the enclosures relate to military affairs in Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in the volume] and elsewhere in India.It also includes enclosures relating to the following:Rules established by the Rao of Cutch, stating that among those vessels trading between Sinde and Bombay, those which were driven into Mandavie [Mandvi] by adverse weather conditions were exempt from the payment of the duties previously exacted at that Port (enclosures relating to this include a Supplementto the Bombay Government Gazette, which contains a notification on this subject by the Government of Bombay's Political Department, which is printed in English, Persian, Gujarati, and Marathi)Ordnance and ammunition ordered for the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul]A carriage intended as a present from Queen Victoria to the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatAga Khan, Governor of Kerman, requesting the Government of Bombay to aid his agent in the collection of contributions from members of his tribe living in Bombay.In addition, this part includes:Three newsletters from the Secretary to the Government of India, containing précis of the latest intelligence received by the Governor General of India, from places including: Peshawur [Peshawar], Upper and Lower Scinde [Sindh], Afghanistan, Khiva, Burma, Nepal, China, Persia [Iran], and Bagdad [Baghdad]A sketch map of the route from Deesa to Lheree via Nuggur, Purkur, Wanga Bazaur, Roree and Shickarpoor [Shikarpur] by Lieutenant J Jacob of the Bombay Artillery (folio 468).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-89, on folios 383-402. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure. Enclosures no. 80-82 listed in the abstract of contents are not included in the volume.
2. Affairs in Various Places in Asia and the Middle East
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 93 of 1840, dated 31 October 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-244 and are dated 13 January to 31 October 1840. Enclosure numbers 20-31, 121-26, 234-37, and 241-43, listed in the abstract of contents, are not included in this item, as noted on folio 261. The enclosures mostly consist of correspondence, and relate to the Euphrates Expedition, and affairs in various places, including Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this item], Cutch [Kutch or Kachchh], Pahlunpore [Palanpur], Kishm [Qeshm], Egypt, Afghanistan, Muscat and Nepal.The enclosures concern matters including:The request of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy for permission to engage an Acting Master and an Acting Second Master for each of the steam vessels employed on the River Euphrates, in addition to the Lieutenant in Command, Henry Blosse Lynch, due to a lack of commissioned officersThe objections of the Bombay Military Board to twelve bills in Commander Lynch’s expenses, due to the nature of the charges not being in accordance with the rules of the Indian NavyThe scale of pay and allowances for Lieutenant Lynch, the commissioned and warrant officers, and engineers of the Euphrates Expedition under his commandThe position in which the Superintendent of the Indian Navy should consider Commander Lynch, while he is commanding the Euphrates ExpeditionA private letter from Lieutenant Campbell, in charge of the Euphrates steam flotilla, to the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor, regarding the strength of the crews of the vessels on the rivers of the Mesopotamia, and suggesting that the Superintendent of the Indian Navy be instructed to supply the needs of the Euphrates flotilla as far as lies in his powerThe survey of the western side of the Indus by Captain Le Messurier, and his request to be provided with surveying instrumentsThe Political Agent in Lower Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this item], Captain James Outram, forwarding specimens of the depreciated currency introduced at Hyderabad, and the Assay Master’s report on the specimensThe proceedings of the Political Agent in Cutch regarding a representation made by the Rana of Parkhur [Nagarparkar] to the Ameers [Amīrs] of SindeThe request of the Rao of Cutch that the position of Civil Surgeon at Bhooj [Bhuj] is not abolishedThe allowance to be assigned to the state prisoner Ghoolam Hyder Khan [Ghulām Ḥaydar Khān]The question of whether the value of the boat and cargo belonging to the Sheik of Kishm [Shaikh of Qeshm], which have been seized under the embargo ordered against his vessels, is sufficient to cover the demand of Government against himThe Political Agent in Turkish Arabia forwarding intelligence received from Syria to the Government of IndiaThe opinion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf on the measures which it would be advisable to adopt for establishing an overland communication via Bagdad [Baghdad] and Constantinople [Istanbul], in the event of a rupture of relations with the Pasha of EgyptThe Accountant General, Bombay forwarding certain statements required by the Government of India of the expenses incurred on account of the force from the Bombay Presidency employed in Afghanistan and SindeThe Commissary General, Bombay, forwarding two documents containing information on the resources of Kurrachee [Karachi] and Sukkur and their dependencies to the Government of BombayAdditional military aid placed at the disposal of the Government of Bombay by the Government of MadrasThe sending of reinforcements of troops for service in SindeMeasures adopted for obtaining camp followers for the use of the force moving to Sinde, and the purchase of camels for service in Upper Sinde.The primary correspondent is the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Lestock Robert Reid. The various other correspondents, mostly military and political officials, include: the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver; the Political Agent in Cutch, Peter Melvill Melvill; the Political Agent in Lower Sinde, Major James Outram; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Bombay Military Board; the Quarter-Master General of the Bombay Army, Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Campbell; the Political Commissioner and Resident for Guzerat [Gujarat], W S Boyd; and the Political Superintendent, Pahlunpore [Palanpur], C B Prescott.Physical description: 1 item (623 folios)
3. Political No. 22 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Relative to the Proffered Co-operation of the Rao of Kutch in the Efforts Now Being Made for the Suppression of the Slave Trade
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 31 January 1873 and received via Brindisi on 24 February 1873, forwarding papers relative to the proffered co-operation of the Rao of Kutch in the efforts now being made for the suppression of the trade in enslaved people.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 336, and terminates at f 341, 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 anomalies: f 336a and f 339a.