'Book 150 1846'

Title:

'Book 150 1846'

Date:

1846/1846

Description:

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.1 volume (39 folios)The letters in the volume are arranged in chronological order.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.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846)

Extent:

1 volume (39 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000050_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000050_en
IOR/R/15/1/107

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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