This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (30 July 1856, Number 31) and the Government of Bombay (9 August 1856, Numbers 56-59). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch from the Gover...
‘Letters from Sir James Outram received May 13.1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War), addressed from Outram to the Government of Bombay, dated 9 March 1857, and to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretar...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 29. 1857’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (16 May 1857, Numbers 23-25), and from Bombay (presumably the Government of Bombay) (27 May 1857, Numbers 105-115).The summaries of letters from the Governor General relate to Chi...
‘Letters from Sir J. Outram received July 10. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from Sir James Outram to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) of 8 and 10 June 1857, sent from Baghdad, regarding proposals made by Mowla Abdullah, former Chief of Howeyzah [Hoveyzeh] to su...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 31.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Governor General of India (8 February 1855, Number 14), the President in Council (22 February 1855, Numbers 15-17) and the Government of Bombay (28 February 1855, Numbers 18-19). The amount of detail ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 16.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (8 March 1855, Numbers 18-19) and the Government of Bombay (19 March 1855, Numbers 20-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letters from the Preside...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles Sept 18 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (6 and 8 August 1855, Numbers 6-7), the President in Council (8 August 1855, Numbers 44-45), and the Government of Bombay (13 August 1855, Number 55). The amount of deta...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Nov 3 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 September 1855, Numbers 52-54) and the Government of Bombay (3 October 1855, Numbers 60-61). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The section from the P...
‘Secret Letters received Feb:4.1856 by way of Marseilles’
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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, June 30.1856’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Governor General of India (17 May 1856 Number 20 and 21 May 1856 Number 17). The despatches largely consist of updates on the situation at Candahar [Kandahar] and Herat. They also include an update r...