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Mss Eur F231/26, ff 45-54
- Record Id:
- 041-003368780
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040979737.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100050177273.0x000005
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/26, ff 45-54
- Title:
- ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 30 1855’
- Scope & Content:
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (17 July 1855, Numbers 40-43) and the Government of Bombay (26 and 28 July 1855, Numbers 53-54). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The letters from the President in Council (folios 45-50) cover military clashes in the Punjab, Nepalese supply issues slowing their advance into Thibet [Tibet], a mission by the Great Lama [Dalai Lama] to Thibet, and a report of the murder of Captain Madigan (HM 84th Regiment) and the subsequent trial and sentencing of six accused individuals.
The section from Bombay (folios 51-53) focuses on proposed coercive measures to be taken against the Foutheli including proposed attack on Shugre and Bir Ahmed, and an offer made to the Government of Persia by the Vizier to the Governor of Meshed to march against Khiva.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302141
036-002302437
040-002302543
041-003368780 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F231 : Papers of Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73) as President of the Board of Control 1855-58
Mss Eur F231/12-33 : 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73), President of the Board of Control 1855-58: original correspondence and papers
Mss Eur F231/26 : Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India and the Government of Bombay
Mss Eur F231/26, ff 45-54 : ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 30 1855’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0002]/036-002302437[0015]/040-002302543[0005]/041-003368780
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100050177273.0x000005
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 30 Aug 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)