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1. Mss Eur F231/27, ff 1-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/27, ff 1-8
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received Jan.1.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (15-21 November 1855, Numbers 82-87). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The central topic is a dispute between Murray and Mirza Aqa Khan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

2. Mss Eur F231/27, ff 103-104

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/27, ff 103-104
Title:
‘Letters from Persia, April 25.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (6-7 March 1856, Numbers 29-34). The content is limited to brief updates on Persia, and Murray's declared intention to proceed to Baghdad.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1856
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

3. Mss Eur F231/25, ff 105-114

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/25, ff 105-114
Title:
‘Secret Letters received May 31.1855, by way of Marseilles’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (21 April 1855, Numbers 25-27) and the Government of Bombay (30 April 1855, Numbers 31-34). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letters from the Presid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1855
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

4. Mss Eur F231/29, ff 132-135

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/29, ff 132-135
Title:
‘Letters from Bagdad –Mr Murray–received Dec.25.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of two secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, residing at Baghdad (20 November 1856, Numbers 108-109). They convey Murray's views that the Persian Government will not consent to withdraw its forces from Herat, that the occupa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 37-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 37-38
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received July 2.1856’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

6. Mss Eur F231/31, ff 90-91

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/31, ff 90-91
Title:
‘Letters from Mr. Murray received July 10th. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1857
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. Mss Eur F231/29, ff 1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/29, ff 1-2
Title:
‘Letter from Mr Murray as to Persia received Oct.3.1856’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1856
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

8. Mss Eur F231/27, ff 69-72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/27, ff 69-72
Title:
‘Papers drawn up by the Persian Government’
Scope & Content:
The bundle consists of a English translation of a paper produced by the Persian Government. The paper outlines Persian complaints against the conduct and line of policy adopted by HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, and his predecessors: Colonel Justin Sheil, Colonel Francis Farrant,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856
Extent:

1 item (4 folios)

9. Mss Eur F231/27, ff 119-120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/27, ff 119-120
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received, May 31:1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (20 April 1856, Numbers 18-21). The despatches consist of short reports on the following: the removal of the protection of the Russian Government from the family of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1856
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

10. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 56-59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 56-59
Title:
‘Letters from Mr Murray received Aug:4.1856’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)