‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 30.1856’
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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...
‘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...
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...
‘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...
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 ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, July 30.1856’
Scope & Content:
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...
