Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871. The papers cover: the aims of the Ottoman military expedition against Nejd [Najd]; correspondence with Midhut Pasha, Governor General of Baghdad; British support for Bahrein [Bahrain]; the movements of British wars...
Operations of Ottoman Military and Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of collected intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. These include: reports by the Residency munshi, and the Commander of HM Gun...