This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (6-7 March 1856, Numbers 29-34). The content is limited to brief updates on Persia, and Murray's declared intention to proceed to Baghdad.
‘Secret Letters received May 31.1855, by way of Marseilles’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (21 April 1855, Numbers 25-27) and the Government of Bombay (30 April 1855, Numbers 31-34). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letters from the Presid...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (26 January, 13 and 15 February 1856, Numbers 18 and 23-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The main topics are the appointment of Me...
This bundle consists of three summaries of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles August Murray residing at Baghdad (29 September, 8 and 10 October 1856, Numbers 81 and 83-84). They consist of brief updates on Persia and Herat.
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, residing at Baghdad (30 April 1857, Number 29; 2 May, Number 33; and 7 May, Numbers 35-36). The letters mainly relate to the treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia, a...
‘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.
This bundle consists of summaries of letters received from HM Minister to Persia [Iran], Charles Augustus Murray (17 September 1857, Number 96; 20 September 1857, Number 97; 25 September 1857, Number 98; 2 October 1857, Numbers 101-102; 3 October 1857, Number 104; 5 October 1857, Numbers 109 and...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 21.1856’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Government of Bombay (16 and 25 April 1856, Numbers 27-29). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches consist of updates from Aden, the Persian Gulf, and Sind. They include...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 2 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1855, Numbers 4-6) and the Government of Bombay (31 January, Numbers 11-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter of th...
‘Letters from Bagdad –Mr Murray–received Dec.25.1856’
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This bundle consists of summaries of two secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, residing at Baghdad (20 November 1856, Numbers 108-109). They convey Murray's views that the Persian Government will not consent to withdraw its forces from Herat, that the occupa...