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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War) to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), dated 11, 22 and 23 April 1857. The summary of the letter dated 11...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, April 14. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from the Governor General of India in Council (7 March 1857, Numbers 12-13; 18 March 1857, Numbers 63-67; and 19 March 1857, Numbers 68-72). The amount of detail for each entry varies. The summaries mostly concern: troops, ar...
‘Letter from Mr. Thornton received April 16. 1857’
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This bundle consists of a summary of a letter from Mr Thornton at Baghdad, dated 28 February 1857 and received 16 April 1857. The letter concerns a firman [edict or order] from the Shah of Persia to the Hereditary Governor of Persian Kurdistan, of 10 January 1857.
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 28. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from the Governor General of India in Council (21 March 1857, Number 14; 24 March 1857, Number 15; 27 March 1857, Number 73; 30 March 1857, Number 74; 31 March 1857, Numbers 74-76; 2 April 1857, Numbers 77-79; and 17 April, un...
‘Letters from Sir James Outram received May 13.1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War), addressed from Outram to the Government of Bombay, dated 9 March 1857, and to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretar...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (8 April 1857, Numbers 16-17), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (16 April 1857, Numbers 80-87). The summaries of the letters from the Governor General ackno...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 1. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from an unnamed source (undated, and dated 22 April 1857, Number 19), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (30 April 1857, Numbers 88-96; and 1 May 1857, Numbers 97-98). The summaries mostly relate to Afgha...
This bundle consists of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia [Iran], Charles Augustus Murray, sent from Baghdad (2 April 1857, Number 12; 7 April 1857, Number 18; 8 April 1857, Numbers 19-20; and 10 April 1857, Number 22). The summaries report on the situation in Persia, including: t...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 8: 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters, sent by way of Marseilles, from the Governor General of India in Council (2 May 1857, Numbers 20-22), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (11 May, Numbers 99-104). The summaries relate to Candahar [Kandahar or Qandahar], China, Sa...
‘Letters from Mr. Murray received July 10th. 1857.’
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These folios consist of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, sent from Baghdad (6 June, Number 46; and 8 June, Numbers 47-48). The summaries concern Herat, including the Persian Government’s reported intention to delay their departure from Herat, the conclu...