Correspondence discusses the rising of the Bohtan Kurds against the Turkish [Ottoman] Government and its impact on British imperial communications. Letters discuss the leadership of the insurgents led by Yezdisheer Bey (nephew of Beder Khan Bey) and how they obtained money from the Mosul Treasur...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 52 of 1856, dated 10 July 1856. The enclosures are dated 22 June-29 July 1856. The item comprises: a report by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Agent...
This item comprises a despatch (undated but probably 16 January 1857) containing three copies of the Bombay Government Gazette, Extraordinary Issue, published 15 January 1857, announcing the ‘unresisted’ occupation of Karrack [Kharg Island, also known as Khark] on 4 December and the surrender of ...
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 88 of 1858, dated 3 July 1858. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 15-26 June 1858. The papers relate to affairs in Aden, including th...
Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 10 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 29 November 1859-3 January 1860. Received 5 April 1860. The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zan...
Enclosures Nos. 3 and 5 to Despatch No. 11 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures include reports from Major William Lockyer Merewether, Political Superintendent of the Sind Frontier. The reports include intelligence on Russian and Persian influence in Af...
Enclosures nos. 3-6 to dispatch no. 12 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 April 1861. The enclosures are dated December 1860 to April 1861. No date of receipt given. The enclosures consist of reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, HM Consul and British Agent,...
Enclosures nos. 3-5 to dispatch no. 18 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 11 May 1861. The enclosures are dated August 1860 to March 1861. Received 5 June 1861. The enclosures consist of: a report by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, in charge of the Muscat-Zanzibar Commission, co...
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 23 of 1846, dated 15 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Punjaub [Punjab], including the following: the publication, republication, an...
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 32 of 1847, dated 31 March 1847. The enclosures are dated 20 to 27 January 1847 and contain correspondence between the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Her Majesty’s Consu...