Enclosure no. 3 to dispatch no. 5 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 9 May 1839. The enclosure is dated 13 March 1839. The enclosure consists of a letter signed by the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India and sent to the Government of Bombay as a reply to four forward...
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 31 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
Enclosures nos. 3-11 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 29 February 1840. The enclosures are dated 6 November 1839-28 February 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including: The perceived continued threat from the Abdal...
The Station Houses Erected by the Bombay Steam Fund in the Desert of Suez
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 106 of 1847, dated 30 December 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 21 to 28 December 1847. The enclosures relate to th...
Lieutenant-Colonel Outram’s Memoir on Matters Relating to Egypt
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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 38 of 1850, dated 25 July 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-13 and are dated 21 January to 25 July 1850. The majority of the item consists of ...
Abstract of Correspondence and Memorandum respecting the Yemen
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The file contains an account given on the control and occupation of Yemen from June 1832 onwards. It covers the rebellion of Toorche Bilmer; the acquisition of Mocha by Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt; the intentions of Mehemet Ali towards Aden, Muscat, and Baghdad; relations with the British Govern...
