‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 2.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 February 1856, Numbers 8-9) and the Government of Bombay (5 March 1856, Number 9). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches from the Gov...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (26 January, 13 and 15 February 1856, Numbers 18 and 23-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The main topics are the appointment of Me...
‘Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 17.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 March 1856, Numbers 10-11) and the Government of Bombay (19 March 1856, Number 20). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches from the Gov...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (6-7 March 1856, Numbers 29-34). The content is limited to brief updates on Persia, and Murray's declared intention to proceed to Baghdad.
‘Secret Letters received April 28.1856 by way of Marseilles’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 March 1856, Numbers 12-13) and the Government of Bombay (29 and 31 March and 2 April 1856, Numbers 21-24). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 14.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 April 1856, Number 14) and the Government of Bombay (14 and 16 April 1856, Numbers 25 and 30). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch fro...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 21.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Government of Bombay (16 and 25 April 1856, Numbers 27-29). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches consist of updates from Aden, the Persian Gulf, and Sind. They include...
This bundle consists of a summary of a secret letter received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (9 April 1856, Number 16). The dispatch reports the issue of orders by the Government of Persia for the despatch of troops for the occupation of Herat.
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (20 April 1856, Numbers 18-21). The despatches consist of short reports on the following: the removal of the protection of the Russian Government from the family of...
Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, HM Minister to Persia, and HM Consul at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The file consists of summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, and British diplomatic and consular representatives to Persia, relating to Pegu, Punjab, Herat, Sind, Aden, Nepal, Turkey, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, Kelat, and the Slave Trad...
