Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning Zanzibar. The papers cover: the accession of Syud Burgash [Saiyid Barghash] as Sultan of Zanzibar; the despatch of HMS Wolverine to Zanzibar, and the question of whether the Wolverine should salute the n...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 264 of 1869, dated 19 August 1869, containingenclosures dated 2 May-31 July 1869. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relatingto an attack on Ras-ul-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] by Sali...
Map entitled ‘Sketch from Keith Johonston [sic]. Map of Persia & Afghanistan. Scale 50 miles’. The map indicates the positions of: Cabool [Kabul], Kandahar, and Herat; Quetta and the Bolan Pass; Khelat [Kalat]; major rivers including the Helmund [Helmand] River; and the frontier region in Pe...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 32 of 1870, dated 27 May 1870, containing an enclosure dated 9 February 1870. The enclosure consists of a copy of a letter from Commodore Leopold George Heath, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies St...
Coloured line drawn map of Guttur [Qatar], Lahsa [al-Hasa], and Bahrain, in relation to the Persian Gulf coast. Indications for a key, scale, or orientation are not included.
Persian Movements on Chaga and the Seistan Boundary
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning Persian movements on Chaga [Chagai] and the Seistan [Sīstān] Boundary. The papers cover: political intelligence; tribal movements; reports of raids; the possibility of a threat by Persia against the terr...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 383 of 1869, dated 7 December 1869,containing enclosures dated 2 August-26 November 1869. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relatingto the settlement of claims from two British s...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 132 of 1870, dated 15 July 1870, containingenclosures dated 17-29 June 1870. The enclosures consist of copies ofcorrespondence relating to responses to a famine in and around Bushire[Bushehr], in...
Legal Cases Dealt with by Political Officers in the Persian Gulf
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The papers include correspondence dated 1870-71 concerning the legal claims of British subjects, chiefs, and others, dealt with by the Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf (Major Sidney Smith) during the cruise of HM ...
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 25 of 1873, dated 28 February 1873. The enclosures are dated from 21 August 1872 to 23 January 1873, consist of printed corresp...