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131. Mss Eur F231/31, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/31, f 3
Title:
‘Letter from Sir J. Outram received June 29. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
This folio consists of a summary of a letter 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 Mohamra [Khorramshahr, Iran] 26 April 1857. The summary states:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

132. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 13-14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 13-14
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received June 14.1856’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

133. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 15-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 15-16
Title:
‘Letter from Persia received June 23.1856’
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

134. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 37-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 37-38
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received July 2.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle contains summaries of two secret dispatches sent by HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (31 May 1856, Numbers 30-31). This includes a letter received from the Newswriter at Meshed [Mashhad] reporting that Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan, Regent of Herat] has been captured b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

135. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 79-80

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 79-80
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received Sept.25.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (22-23 August 1856, Numbers 54-57). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches briefly cover reports of Persian advances into Afghanistan,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

136. Mss Eur F231/30, ff 65-68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/30, ff 65-68
Title:
‘Letters from Mr Murray received January 23.1857’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray residing at Baghdad (9-10, 15, 19-20 and 22 December 1856). This amount of content for each entry therefore varies. The main topics covered are Murray's assessment of articl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

137. Mss Eur F231/31, ff 68-77

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/31, ff 68-77
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 1. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

138. Mss Eur F231/31, ff 84-89

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/31, ff 84-89
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 8: 1857.’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

139. Mss Eur F231/31, ff 90-91

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/31, ff 90-91
Title:
‘Letters from Mr. Murray received July 10th. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

140. Mss Eur F231/31, ff 92-99

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/31, ff 92-99
Title:
‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of letters from the Governor General of India in Council (3 June, Numbers 26-27; 5 June, Number 28; 6 June, Number 29). The summaries concern the 1857 Indian Mutiny [Rebellion or Uprising], including summaries of reports from the Chief Commissioner of the Punj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)