Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871. The papers concern the seizure and execution of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarik, to Jassim bin Mahomed bin Thani [Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] of Gwuttur [Qatar], at Bahrein [Bahrain], and...
Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The letter encloses a report by the Agent at Cabul [Kabul], on the intentions of the Amir of Afghanistan in relation to Seistan [Sistan]. The Amir had given stringent orders to his dependent rulers not to allow any ...
The Arrival at Constantinople of the Brother of the Shah of Persia
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The papers consist of correspondence from Charles Alison, HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran], concerning the reception given at Constantinople by the Ottoman Sultan to the refugee Prince Abbas Mirza, and the statement...
Visit of an Uncle of the Shah of Persia to the Emperor of Russia at Tiflis
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The Enclosure consists of a letter from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran] to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 17 August 1871. The Hishmet-ed-dowleh, uncle to the Shah of Persia, was ...
Joint Tribute Payable by Qatar and Bahrain to the Amir of Najd
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 6 December 1871. The letter encloses one from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 12 September 1871. The Enclosure concerns a report fro...
The Execution of a Persian Subject by the Ottoman Authorities at Baghdad
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 13 December 1871, concerning the capture and execution by the Ottoman authorities at Baghdad of Shah Riza, a Persian subject, on a charge of brigandage on Ottoman territory. The Enclosure is a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles ...