‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, April 14. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
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...
‘Letter from Mr. Thornton received April 16. 1857’
Scope & Content:
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.
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 28. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from the Governor General of India in Council (21 March 1857, Number 14; 24 March 1857, Number 15; 27 March 1857, Number 73; 30 March 1857, Number 74; 31 March 1857, Numbers 74-76; 2 April 1857, Numbers 77-79; and 17 April, un...
‘Letters from Sir James Outram received May 13.1857.’
Scope & Content:
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, May 18. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
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...
‘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...
This bundle consists of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia [Iran], Charles Augustus Murray, sent from Baghdad (2 April 1857, Number 12; 7 April 1857, Number 18; 8 April 1857, Numbers 19-20; and 10 April 1857, Number 22). The summaries report on the situation in Persia, including: t...
‘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...
‘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...
‘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...