The item consists of letters discussing an uprising in Bussorah [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] involving the Bani Tamim. The correspondents are Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Bagdad; I M Dalrymple, Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the For...
This item is comprised of copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, and intelligence reports relating to events in Persia [Iran]. Topics discussed include the relations of the Imam of Muscat with the Government of Persia in connection with Bandar Abbas. Correspo...
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 8 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 9-16 January 1857. The papers comprise the following: A summary by the Secretary to Gover...
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 12 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 11 December 1856-14 January 1857. The papers comprise: A letter from Brigadier William Ma...
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 21 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 13-29 January 1857. The enclosures comprise despatches from: Brigadier William Marcus Cog...
‘SKETCH of the Arabian Coast East and west of ADEN shewing the Western Bay and opposite Coast of CAPE St ANTHONY’
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Printed map showing different settlements around the coast and its proximity, as well as the Turkish wall and the nature of the terrain. The map is signed by Captain Robert Foster, Chief Engineer’s Office, Bombay [Mumbai], and 12 September 1839.
Passage of the Nitocris from the Euphrates to Bombay
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Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 42 of 1846, dated 15 April 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to the passage of the steam vessel Nitocris from the river Euphrates to Bombay [Mumbai]. This item...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 67 of 1850, dated 16 November 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 3 October to 15 November 1850. The papers relate to a proposed...
Complaints Preferred Against the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia by the Agent of Messrs Hector of Bagdad on Matters of Trade
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 21 of 1844, dated 29 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 8 December 1843-29 February 1844. The enclosures comprise an explanation by Lieutenant Col...
‘Coal for the use of the Honorable Company's Steamer 'Nitocris' employed on the Rivers of Mesopotamia’
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Enclosure no. 2 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 24 February 1848. The item only contains an abstract of contents, detailing enclosures nos. 3-6 on the subject of coal for the use of the East India Company ship Nitocris on the rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq].