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...
‘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...
These folios consist of a summary of a letter from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), dated 10 June 1857, sent from Baghdad, regarding correspondence between Brigadier Jacob and th...
These folios consist of a summary of a letter from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, dated 25 June 1857, sent from Kermanshah, Persia [Iran] reporting news from Persia, including: the Shah of Persia marrying a lady of his Hareem in order to legitimise a son whom this woman had born...
These folios consist of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (4 July, Numbers 54-55, and 6 July, Number 56) sent from Hamadan, Persia [Iran], reporting news from Persia, including: the official announcement of the disgrace of Azeez Khan, the Commander in Chief...
This bundle consists of summaries of letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (12 August 1857, Number 73; 15 August 1857, Number 75; 17 August, Numbers 77-78; 19 August, Number 79; 20 August 1857, Number 82). The summaries mostly relate to Herat. One of the summarie...
This bundle consists of a summary of a letter received from HM Minister to Persia [Iran], Charles Augustus Murray (15 December 1857, Number 140), summarising letters from Lieutenant Colonel Taylor at Herat (22, 23, 26 October, and 2, 3, 4, 5 November 1857). The summaries mostly relate to Herat...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, July 16 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (2 June 1855, Numbers 33-35) and the Government of Bombay (9 June 1855, Numbers 43-45). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letters from the President ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Oct 1 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 August 1855, Numbers 46-48) and the Government of Bombay (one undated and 29 August 1855, Number 57). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject m...