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61. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 19-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 19-22
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 30.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Governor General of India (17 May 1856 Number 20 and 21 May 1856 Number 17). The despatches largely consist of updates on the situation at Candahar [Kandahar] and Herat. They also include an update r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

62. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 23-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 23-36
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, June 30.1856, as to Herat’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (17 May 1856, Number 22) and the Government of Bombay (27 May 1856, Numbers 39-40). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch from the Governor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

63. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 37-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 37-38
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received July 2.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle contains summaries of two secret dispatches sent by HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (31 May 1856, Numbers 30-31). This includes a letter received from the Newswriter at Meshed [Mashhad] reporting that Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan, Regent of Herat] has been captured b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

64. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 39-45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 39-45
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles July 17.1856
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (3 June 1856, Number 1856, Number 23) and the Government of Bombay (10 June 1856, Numbers 41-44). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

65. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 46-49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 46-49
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received July 29.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (7, 16, 20 and 22 June 1856, Numbers 7, 33 and 36-39). It also contains a summary of a despatch from Stratford Canning, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (15 June ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

66. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 56-59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 56-59
Title:
‘Letters from Mr Murray received Aug:4.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, residing at Baghdad (20 and 26 June 1856, Numbers 57 and 59-60). The subject matter consists of the advance of the Persian Army against Herat, the policy o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

67. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 62-63

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 62-63
Title:
‘Letter from Persia, received at the India Board from the Foreign Office, 23.August 1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of two despatches sent by HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (10 July 1856, Numbers 42 and 43), addressed to George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The despatches are concerned with news of the pos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

68. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 64-69

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 64-69
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 30:1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (17 July 1856, Numbers 27-30) and the Government of Bombay (28-29 July 1856, Numbers 53-55). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1856
Extent:

1 item (6 folios)

69. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 70-74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 70-74
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received Sept 10.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, residing at Baghdad (14, 22, and 26 July 1856, Numbers 63 and 65-66). The despatches discuss correspondence that has taken place between the Persian Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

70. Mss Eur F231/29, ff 1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/29, ff 1-2
Title:
‘Letter from Mr Murray as to Persia received Oct.3.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle contains a summary of a secret despatch from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray residing at Baghdad (8 August 1856, Number 68). It discusses a letter received from the ruler of Herat, Eesa Khan [Isa Khan Bardorani, Minister-Regent of Herat] offering submission to Britain i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1856
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)