‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 8: 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters, sent by way of Marseilles, from the Governor General of India in Council (2 May 1857, Numbers 20-22), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (11 May, Numbers 99-104). The summaries relate to Candahar [Kandahar or Qandahar], China, Sa...
‘Letters from Mr. Murray received July 10th. 1857.’
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These folios consist of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, sent from Baghdad (6 June, Number 46; and 8 June, Numbers 47-48). The summaries concern Herat, including the Persian Government’s reported intention to delay their departure from Herat, the conclu...
‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from the Governor General of India in Council (3 June, Numbers 26-27; 5 June, Number 28; 6 June, Number 29). The summaries concern the 1857 Indian Mutiny [Rebellion or Uprising], including summaries of reports from the Chief Commissioner of the Punj...
‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
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This file consists of: A summary of a letter from Sir James Outram to the Governor General of India (2 May 1857), regarding regiments being sent to India, and Outram’s intention to remove all the troops from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and to place at Karrah and Bushire [Bushehr] all ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 29. 1857’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (16 May 1857, Numbers 23-25), and from Bombay (presumably the Government of Bombay) (27 May 1857, Numbers 105-115).The summaries of letters from the Governor General relate to Chi...
Summaries of official secret despatches from Sir James Outram, HM Minister to Persia, the Governor General of India, and the Government of Bombay
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The file consists of summaries of official secret despatches from Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War), Charles Augustus Murray (HM Minister to Persia), Governor General of India in Council, and the Government of Bombay. The summaries mostly relate to Persia,...
‘Letters from Sir J. Outram to the Secret Committee’
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This bundle consists of letters from Sir James Outram to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, received 2 July 1857. The letters consist of: a copy of a letter from Outram to the Governor General of India, of 29 May 1857, regarding recommendations for military awards; a summary of a let...
‘Letters from Sir J. Outram received July 7. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of letters from Sir James Outram received 7 July 1857, consisting of summaries of letters sent from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and Baghdad to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) (17 May, 23 May, and 4...
‘Letters from Sir J. Outram received July 10. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from Sir James Outram to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) of 8 and 10 June 1857, sent from Baghdad, regarding proposals made by Mowla Abdullah, former Chief of Howeyzah [Hoveyzeh] to su...
These folios consist of a summary of a letter from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), dated 10 June 1857, sent from Baghdad, regarding correspondence between Brigadier Jacob and th...
