Newsletters sent out by the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India containing compiled summaries of reports from British officials and military officers in various parts of South Asia and the Middle East. Each newsletter is divided into headings, most of which refer to the place a re...
Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
Scope & Content:
The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending ...
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
The item comprises: Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [...
Enclosures nos. 2-40 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 28 February 1840. The enclosures are dated 29 December 1839-28 February 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, including: The possible establishm...
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 94[?] of 1840. The enclosure consists of a letter from Captain Atkins Hamerton, on mission to Muskat [Muscat], to the Chief Secretary to the G...
Enclosures nos. 2-106 to dispatch no. 107 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 31 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 9 March-31 December 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, including: A proposed extension to a Brit...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 30 of 1843, dated 30 April 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 14 February to 30 April 1843, and concern affairs in the...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 52 of 1843, dated 17 July 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-15 and are dated 31 December 1842 to 14 July 1843. The enclosures mainly consist ...