IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 47-56

This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 3 dated 2 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 24-31 December 1856.

The papers comprise the following:

• A copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Major-General Foster Stalker, Commanding the Field Force in Persia [Iran], forwarding the Secret Committee’s letter announcing the appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram to the command of troops engaged in hostilities against the Government of Persia, and instructing Stalker to implement measures for obtaining supplies and transports both for Outram’s reinforcements and his own forces at Bushire [Bushehr]
• Minutes of the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, concurred in by the Board, relating to the preparation of reinforcements (Outram’s Division) for the forces in the Persian Gulf, required due to the extended range of operations which included the planned occupation of Shuster [Shushtar] and Mohamurah [Khorramshahr, also spelled Mohumra in this item] as well as Bushire and Karrack [Kharg island, also known as Khark]. The capability of the Bombay Presidency to supply the majority of the reinforcements and the potential requirement of a regiment of Sind Irregular Horse are also discussed.