‘Secret Letters received April 28.1856 by way of Marseilles’

Title:

‘Secret Letters received April 28.1856 by way of Marseilles’

Contributor:

Government of Bombay, Political Department (correspondent)
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council (correspondent)
Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)

Date:

1856/1856

Description:

This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 March 1856, Numbers 12-13) and the Government of Bombay (29 and 31 March and 2 April 1856, Numbers 21-24). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 105-108r) are concerned with the return of troops from the Hungoo [Hangu] Frontier, the Government of India's policy respecting grants of asylum to individuals fleeing for their lives, and the terms established as a basis for peace between Thibet [Tibet] and Nepal.The section from Bombay (folios 108v-112) includes the recommendations of HM Minster to Persia (Charles Augustus Murray) for a severe military demonstration against Persia, the surrender of individuals of the Habr Owel tribe involved in an attack on Lieutenants Burton and Strogan, papers related to the slave trade between East Africa and the Persian Gulf, and the despatch of ships from Bombay to the Persian Gulf.1 item (8 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Nepalese-Tibetan War (1855-1856)
Diplomacy
Military operations

Geographic region:

Persia
Thibet

Extent:

1 item (8 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100049910359.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100049910359.0x000005_en
Mss Eur F231/27, ff 105-112

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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