‘Secret Letters received Feb:4.1856 by way of Marseilles’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Government of Bombay (1-2 January 1856, Numbers 1-4). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches are concerned with reports of the capture of Candahar [Kandahar] by Dost Moh...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Feb:13.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Government of Bombay (15-16 January 1856, Numbers 5-8 and 19). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The dispatches cover the following topics: the question as to whether Sirdars from...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, March 3.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1856, Numbers 1-4) and the Government of Bombay (31 January and 2 February 1856, Numbers 10-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The d...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray. The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter includes measures taken by the Persian Government to defend its southern provinces...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 2.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 February 1856, Numbers 8-9) and the Government of Bombay (5 March 1856, Number 9). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches from the Gov...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray (26 January, 13 and 15 February 1856, Numbers 18 and 23-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The main topics are the appointment of Me...
‘Secret Letters received April 28.1856 by way of Marseilles’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 March 1856, Numbers 12-13) and the Government of Bombay (29 and 31 March and 2 April 1856, Numbers 21-24). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 14.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 April 1856, Number 14) and the Government of Bombay (14 and 16 April 1856, Numbers 25 and 30). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch fro...
This bundle consists of a summary of a secret letter received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (9 April 1856, Number 16). The dispatch reports the issue of orders by the Government of Persia for the despatch of troops for the occupation of Herat.
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...