‘Letters from Sir J. Outram received July 7. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of letters from Sir James Outram received 7 July 1857, consisting of summaries of letters sent from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and Baghdad to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) (17 May, 23 May, and 4...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (31 March 1855, Number 1), the President in Council (7 April 1855, Numbers 22-24), and the Government of Bombay (16 April 1855, Number 16 Military and Numbers 29-30 Secr...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 15: 1856’
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This bundle consists of a summary of a dispatch received from the Governor General of India (3 July 1856, Number 26). It is concerned with an intercepted letter suggesting that the Burmese King may attempt to claim the allegiance of the Karen people along the frontier of British India.
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (30 July 1856, Number 31) and the Government of Bombay (9 August 1856, Numbers 56-59). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch from the Gover...
‘Letters from Sir James Outram received May 13.1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War), addressed from Outram to the Government of Bombay, dated 9 March 1857, and to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretar...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 29. 1857’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (16 May 1857, Numbers 23-25), and from Bombay (presumably the Government of Bombay) (27 May 1857, Numbers 105-115).The summaries of letters from the Governor General relate to Chi...
‘Letters from Sir J. Outram received July 10. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from Sir James Outram to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) of 8 and 10 June 1857, sent from Baghdad, regarding proposals made by Mowla Abdullah, former Chief of Howeyzah [Hoveyzeh] to su...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 31.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Governor General of India (8 February 1855, Number 14), the President in Council (22 February 1855, Numbers 15-17) and the Government of Bombay (28 February 1855, Numbers 18-19). The amount of detail ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 16.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (8 March 1855, Numbers 18-19) and the Government of Bombay (19 March 1855, Numbers 20-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letters from the Preside...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles Sept 18 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (6 and 8 August 1855, Numbers 6-7), the President in Council (8 August 1855, Numbers 44-45), and the Government of Bombay (13 August 1855, Number 55). The amount of deta...