Enclosure nos. 3-33 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to events in Herat, and its status after the withdrawal of Persian occupation at the end of the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. Subjects covered i...
'INDEX AND ABSTRACTS TO INDIAN CORRESPONDENCE (SECRET BRANCH) 1866 TO 1874'
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This volume is an indexed manuscript inventory of abstracts of the despatches comprising sub-series IOR/L/PS/5/259-277, ‘Secret Letters and Enclosures from India’ 1866-1874, volumes 1-19. The geographical coverage of this volume (and of series IOR/L/PS/5/259-277) is chiefly: Afghanistan; Centr...
Secret Letters and Enclosures from the Government of India
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Government of India Foreign Department letters (marked 'Secret' or 'Political'), sent to the Secretary of State for India, with Enclosures. The letters are dated 10 October - 27 December 1871. The papers relate to Zanzibar, Afghanistan, India, Persia, Turkish Arabia, Aden, Muscat, the Persian ...
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning Zanzibar. The papers cover: the accession of Syud Burgash [Saiyid Barghash] as Sultan of Zanzibar; the despatch of HMS Wolverine to Zanzibar, and the question of whether the Wolverine should salute the n...
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning the protection of Christians in Persia, following the execution of a Muslim at Tabreez (Tabriz) for the murder of an Armenian Christian. British officials intervened following alleged attempts by local o...
Report of a Meeting between the Shah of Persia and the Emperor of Russia
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871. The Despatch forwards a letter from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran], dated 21 June 1871, reporting that the Shah of Persia was to meet the Emperor of Russia at Tiflis that summer.
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871. The Despatch concerns a prohibition by the Persian Government on the export and storage of grain and provisions, as a result of a grain shortage. The correspondence shows that British officials felt that the measur...