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This bundle consists of a summary of a secret letter received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (9 April 1856, Number 16). The dispatch reports the issue of orders by the Government of Persia for the despatch of troops for the occupation of Herat.
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (20 April 1856, Numbers 18-21). The despatches consist of short reports on the following: the removal of the protection of the Russian Government from the family of...
Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, HM Minister to Persia, and HM Consul at Tehran
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The file consists of summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, and British diplomatic and consular representatives to Persia, relating to Pegu, Punjab, Herat, Sind, Aden, Nepal, Turkey, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, Kelat, and the Slave Trad...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 April 1856, Numbers 15-17) and the Government of Bombay (28 April 1856, Numbers 31-33). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches from th...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 14.1856’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (14 June and 3 May 1856, Numbers 18-19) and the Government of Bombay (10 and 12 May 1856, Numbers 34-38). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The desp...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (30 April and 1 May 1856, Numbers 23-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter is primarily the Persian siege of Herat, though t...
This bundle consists of a summary of a secret letter received from HM Consul at Tehran (11 May 1856, Number 26) relaying a report of the occupation of Herat by Persian troops.
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (19 May 1856, Numbers 27-29. The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter is the activities and distribution of the Persian Army, includ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 30.1856’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Governor General of India (17 May 1856 Number 20 and 21 May 1856 Number 17). The despatches largely consist of updates on the situation at Candahar [Kandahar] and Herat. They also include an update r...
‘Secret Letters received, June 30.1856, as to Herat’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (17 May 1856, Number 22) and the Government of Bombay (27 May 1856, Numbers 39-40). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch from the Governor...