‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Nov.15.1856’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Nov.15.1856’
- Contributor:
- Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council (correspondent)
Commissioner, Sind (correspondent) - Date:
- 1856/1856
- Description:
- This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 October 1856, Numbers 46-50) and the Government of Bombay (17 October 1856, Numbers 77-79). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 90-94r) are concerned with Persian progress against Herat and Kelat [Kalat], the return of Futteh Khan from Afghanistan with the ratified Anglo-Afghan Treaty of Friendship (1855), the critical position of Herat and pleas for help from Eesa Khan [Isa Khan Bardorani, Minister-Regent of Herat].The section from Bombay (folios 94v-99) is also concerned with the critical position of Herat and Dost Mahomed's [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan] inability to capitalise on the situation, the evacuation of British staff officers from Bushire, and discussion over objections raised in 1799 to the occupation of Perim Island in the Red Sea.1 item (10 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomacy
Military operations - Geographic region:
- Candahar
Herāt
Bushire
Perim Island - Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100049910361.0x000006_ar
81055/vdc_100049910361.0x000006_en
Mss Eur F231/29, ff 90-99 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers