‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, July 30.1856’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (30 July and 17 June 1856, Number 25) and the Government of Bombay (25-26 June 1856, Numbers 48-49). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatche...
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...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 15: 1856’
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This bundle consists of a summary of a dispatch received from the Governor General of India (3 July 1856, Number 26). It is concerned with an intercepted letter suggesting that the Burmese King may attempt to claim the allegiance of the Karen people along the frontier of British India.
‘Letter from Persia, received at the India Board from the Foreign Office, 23.August 1856’
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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...
‘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...
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...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (30 July 1856, Number 31) and the Government of Bombay (9 August 1856, Numbers 56-59). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch from the Gover...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (22-23 August 1856, Numbers 54-57). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches briefly cover reports of Persian advances into Afghanistan,...
Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, HM Minister to Persia, and HM Consul at Tehran
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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 Afghanistan, Nepal, Kelat, Herat, Aden, Kashmir, Muscat, Pegu, Turkey, and Kabul. Topics include the Sla...
‘Letter from Mr Murray as to Persia received Oct.3.1856’
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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...
