Mss Eur F126/19, ff 1-6

The extracts relate to Sir James Outram's work in Persia as head of the Persian Expeditionary Force and discuss the conclusion of the force's work, troop withdrawals and recommendations for medals including the Victoria Cross. The extracts of correspondence include:

• Extract of a letter to Viscount Canning, Governor General of India, 3 May 1867, written from Bushire, regarding Outram's intentions relating to the withdrawal of troops from Persia, his disappointments at the ongoing delays in regards to ratification of the peace treaty with Persia and his eventual decisions of which troops to return to India and which regiments to keep at Bushire and Karak [Bandar-e-Charak].
• Extract of an official letter to the Earl of Clarendon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, 28 May 1857, written from Baghdad, regarding a list of individuals who should be considered for meritorious services and highlighting in particular the work of General John Jacob in having assumed command at Bushire following Outram's departure to Mohumra [Khorramshar].
• Extract of a demi-official letter to Robert Vernon Smith, MP, President of the Board of Control, 28 May 1857, written from Bagdad, requesting his support of Outram's request for recognition for General John Jacob.
• Extract of a demi-official letter to Ross Donelly Mangles, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Honourable East India Company, 28 May 1857, written from Bagdad regarding the services of those whom Outram had solicited for rewards and again highlighting his application for recognition of General John Jacob's services to the expedition. [Letter signed by Charles Herbey, Aide-de-Camp and private secretary to Sir James Outram]
• Extract of a letter from Edward Lugard, Brigadier General, Chief of Staff, Persian Expeditionary Force, Bagdad to Brigadier General John Jacob, Commanding the Troops, Bushire, 29 May 1857 informing Jacob that the Lieutenant General Commanding of the Persian Expeditionary Force intends to recommend the force under his (Jacob)'s command at Bushire for rewards and asking that Jacob submit the names of any other officers he may wish to have included with that list.
• Extract of a letter from Brigadier General John Jacob, Commanding at Bushire, to Brigadier General Edward Lugard, Chief of the Staff in Persia 14 June 1857, forwarding a list of officers and men recommended for the Victoria Cross and also enclosing a report by Colonel Henry Willoughby Trevelyan of the proceedings of the Poona [Puna] irregular horse at Kooshab [Khaşab] as part of the Persian Field Force, written 10 June 1857 and supporting Colonel Trevelyan's recommendations in the report of them officers and men from that force that deserve recognition (the list of individual officers recommended by Colonel Trevelyan can be found at folios 3v-5).