Correspondence discusses and approves the dispatch of 10th Houssars to Suez in connection with some intelligence provided by Lieutenant Colonel H C Rawlinson, Political Agent, Turkish Arabia, concerning the movements of Ahmed Offendi, the late Turkish Ambassador to the Court of Persia [Iran]. C...
The Sending of Presents from the Malia Rajah of Lahore to Queen Victoria from Bombay to England via Egypt
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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 133 of 1842. The enclosure is dated 5 November 1842. It consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-...
‘Transmission via Egypt and Damascus of the Indian Mail intended for Bagdad’
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Enclosure nos. 2-9 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 December 1844. The enclosures are dated 15 June-19 December 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to unavoidable delays to mail forwarded to Bagdad [Baghdad] via Ale...