This bundle consists of summaries of letters received from HM Minister to Persia [Iran], Charles Augustus Murray (17 September 1857, Number 96; 20 September 1857, Number 97; 25 September 1857, Number 98; 2 October 1857, Numbers 101-102; 3 October 1857, Number 104; 5 October 1857, Numbers 109 and...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 21.1856’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Government of Bombay (16 and 25 April 1856, Numbers 27-29). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches consist of updates from Aden, the Persian Gulf, and Sind. They include...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 2 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1855, Numbers 4-6) and the Government of Bombay (31 January, Numbers 11-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter of th...
‘Letters from Bagdad –Mr Murray–received Dec.25.1856’
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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...
‘Letter from Sir J. Outram received June 29. 1857.’
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This folio consists of a summary of a letter from Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War) to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), dated Mohamra [Khorramshahr, Iran] 26 April 1857. The summary states:...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (30 April and 1 May 1856, Numbers 23-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter is primarily the Persian siege of Herat, though t...
This bundle consists of a summary of a secret letter received from HM Consul at Tehran (11 May 1856, Number 26) relaying a report of the occupation of Herat by Persian troops.
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...
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (22-23 August 1856, Numbers 54-57). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches briefly cover reports of Persian advances into Afghanistan,...
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray residing at Baghdad (9-10, 15, 19-20 and 22 December 1856). This amount of content for each entry therefore varies. The main topics covered are Murray's assessment of articl...