This bundle consists of summaries of two secret letters received from Mr Thompson at Baghdad (30 and 31 January 1857). They are concerned with reports of events unfolding in Persia.
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from Bombay (presumably the Government of Bombay) (28 February 1857, Number 52; 1 March 1857, Numbers 53-54; 2 March 1857, Numbers 55-56; 3 March 1857, Number 57; and 5 March 1857, Numbers 58-62), and a list of letters receive...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles June 15.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (3 May 1855, Number 28) and the Government of Bombay (11 May 1855, Numbers 35-37). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letter from the President in Cou...
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...
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.
‘Secret Letters received May 31.1855, by way of Marseilles’
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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...
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...
This bundle consists of three summaries of secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles August Murray residing at Baghdad (29 September, 8 and 10 October 1856, Numbers 81 and 83-84). They consist of brief updates on Persia and Herat.
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, residing at Baghdad (30 April 1857, Number 29; 2 May, Number 33; and 7 May, Numbers 35-36). The letters mainly relate to the treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia, a...
‘Letter from Mr. Thornton received April 16. 1857’
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This bundle consists of a summary of a letter from Mr Thornton at Baghdad, dated 28 February 1857 and received 16 April 1857. The letter concerns a firman [edict or order] from the Shah of Persia to the Hereditary Governor of Persian Kurdistan, of 10 January 1857.