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Copy of a Letter from Jean Raymond to Govenor-General of Isle de France, Capitaine Général De Caen
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Copy of a letter in French from Jean Raymond to the Governor-General of the Isle de France [Mauritius] Capitaine Général De Caen [Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen], of 31 January 1809. This letter was part of the papers seized from French courier Jean Robbio at Bushire by Stephen Babington, in cha...
Confidential Papers Acquired by the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, from his Secret Informant at the Camp of the Prince Royal of Persia, Abbas Mirza
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Confidential papers acquired by the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, from his secret informant at the camp of the Prince Royal, Abbas Mirza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/35). The document contains the subst...
Coll 7/37 'Afghanistan: sale of 25,000 1914 pattern rifles from War Office stocks and 7 million rounds of ammunition from Government of India stocks; negotiations with Afghan Government'
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This file is a continuation of Collection 7/36, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2203.It contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for India, HM Minister at Kabul, the War Office, the Government of India Foreign and Political (later External Affairs)...
En route to interview the Viceroy of yun-kuei. The first British uniform in Yun-nan city. Understand the city wall, inside. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Procession posed in front of the city walls of Kunming, the leading figures bearing a sedan chair, in front of which Wingate stands, in uniform. Wingate arrived in Kunming on 8 February 1899, and was obliged to wait for about 12 days before being granted an interview with Sung-fan, Viceroy of Yü...
The 'guardians' of Yun-nan city ready to fire the two-man gun or jingall. (These are the men whom the invader will have to encounter). Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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Group of Chinese soldiers posed on the verandah of a house, with the guns in the firing position. One man holds the stock, aims and fires the weapon, while resting the massive barrel on the shoulder of the man standing in front.
Ta-peng-chiang. Ferry over the Me-kong on the Wei-yuan - Kun-lung route. From the left bank looking down river. Photographer: Wingate, Alfred Woodrow Stanley
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View downriver, with a settlement of houses on the riverbank on the far side above the ferry landing (where a large group of porters are gathered at the water's edge. Behind the steep wooded hillside rises from the river.
‘Proceedings of the Persian Government in the neighbourhood of Bunder Abbass’
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Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 15 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 24 October 1847-11 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to Persian [Iranian] threats to re-take control of Bunder Abbass [Bandar Ab...
‘LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 7. MAR. 1803 TO 31. MAR. 1811. MR MANESTY & HIS ASSISTANT. VOL. 9.’
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The volume contains letters, mostly to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and mainly from the Resident at Busssora [Basra, also spelled Bussarah in this volume], Samuel Manesty, and the following, successively in temporary charge of the Bussora Residency (a...
File 2834/1917 Pt 4, 'South Persia Rifles: - General correspondence regarding disbandment. Disposal of arms, ammunition, stores etc.'
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This item relates to the disbandment of the South Persia Rifles, including attempts (in the opinion of the India Office) of the Foreign Office and HM Minister in Tehran to prolong its existence, and the disposal of arms, ammunition, equipment and medical stores. The principal correspondents are...
Coll 7/38 'Arms, Ammunition & Arms Traffic. Issue of licences for the export of arms to Persian Gulf.'
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Correspondence regarding applications for permission to import arms, ammunition, industrial explosives and related equipment into Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The primary correspondents are the Under Secretary of State for India, the Board of Trade Imports and Exports Licensing Section, the War Of...
