This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 58 of 1856, dated 9 August 1856. The enclosures are dated 17 June-26 July 1856. The enclosures comprise: A report by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Politica...
Measures for the Suppression of the Trade in Enslaved Persons
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1856, dated 12 August 1856. The enclosures are dated 6 July-8 August 1856. The enclosures comprise communications between Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan...
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 128
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The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into twenty-two items: Aden Affairs (IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 2-30) Sind [Sindh] Affairs: Matters Relating to Afghanistan, ...
Rough Sketch of the attack on Rushire December 9th 1856
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Copy of a ‘Rough sketch of the attack on Rushire December 9th 1856’ [Reishahr, five miles distant from Bushehr: see IOR/R/15/1/732, p 578]. Includes a key: ‘A - The redoubt of Rushire’; ‘B - Village occupied by the enemy’. The sketch is captioned below with a description of the attack. The...
‘Rough Sketch of the advance on Bushire Dec’r 10 1856’
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Copy of a ‘Rough Sketch of the advance on Bushire Dec’r 10 1856.’ Includes a key (‘References’) to positions and operations at Bushire [Bushehr], labelled A-G, and is captioned below with descriptions of what letters A-E represent. The original sketch was signed by J Wray, Captain, Assistant...
Sketch Map of the Route between Bushire and Shiraz
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Copy of a sketch map showing routes between Bushire [Bushehr] and Shiraz. The map indicates the positions of villages and the roads between them (in red ink) and some of the topography of the area. It also notes which routes are practicable and impracticable for artillery and infantry, and the...
Sketch on the Nature of the Defences being Erected by the Persian Army at Mohumera
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Copy of a sketch map ‘on nature of the defences being erected by the enemy at Mohumera’ [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] (see f 409). The map includes lists of the works and distances (these are not accurate or to scale); the position of the Hafar [al-Hafar] or Karun River and the Shut al Ara...
‘Sketch of the position of British Force at Bushire’
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Sketch map entitled ‘Sketch of the Position of British Force at Bushire’. The map shows the British Camp at Bushire [Bushehr], including: the position of troop units; the position of the commissariat, engineering and ordnance stores, and Staff Headquarters; the road to the Bushire fort; the ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1857
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