Status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri
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Document outlining the status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri. It includes the following: an introduction to the status of the islands; a history of the islands prior to 1887; the occupation of Sirri by Persia, 1887; the temporary Persian occupation of Abu Musa and Tamb,...
Arms, Ammunition and Three Lacs of Rupees for Dost Mahomed Khan
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 57 of 1856, dated 8 November 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 10 October to 5 November 1856. They mostly consist of c...
The Arrival of a British Field Force in the Persian Gulf
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This item comprises a copy of [extracts of] an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter No. 14 of 1838, dated 1838. Annotated ‘Received via Marseilles 26 October 1838’. The letters in the enclosure are dated 18 June-5 J...
The Indus steam flotilla, Scinde and Luss, Afghanistan and Bussora
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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 38 of 1840, dated 22 June 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-90 and are dated 10 August 1839 to 22 June 1840. Enclosure numbers 4, 6-8, 10, 12-1...
‘Measures adopted for effecting the suppression of the Slave Trade’
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Enclosure nos. 2-23 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1841. The enclosures are dated 11 July-27 November 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the trade in enslaved persons in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf...
Military Affairs in Scinde and Beloochistan and Elsewhere in Asia
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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 35 of 1842, dated 1 April 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-84 and are dated 10 December 1841 to 31 March 1842. They mainly consist of correspo...
‘Removal of the Coal Depot from the Island of Karrack’
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Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 26 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 25 June-26 August 1844. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to arrangements for the removal of the British Coal Depot from Karrack [Kharg], and plans ...
Measures for the Suppression of the Trade in Enslaved Persons
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 42 of 1856, dated 10 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 19 December 1855-7 June 1856. The enclosures chiefly comprise despatches from Brigadier William Marcus ...
Measures for the Suppression of the Trade in Enslaved Persons
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1856, dated 12 August 1856. The enclosures are dated 6 July-8 August 1856. The enclosures comprise communications between Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan...
Extracts from the Journal of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
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Extracts from the journal of HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, for the period 3-12 July 1826. This document concerns the proceedings of the Persian Government and the mission of the Russian envoy Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] regarding the ongoing ...
