Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, HM Minister to Persia, and HM Consul at Tehran

Content

The file consists of summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , and British diplomatic and consular representatives to Persia, relating to Pegu, Punjab, Herat, Sind, Aden, Nepal, Turkey, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Afghanistan, Kelat, and the Slave Trade.

The date range gives the creation date of the summaries, but the summaries themselves refer to correspondence of an earlier date.

Extent and format

1 file (80 folios)

It is grouped into

‘Secret Letters received June 2.1856’

16 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 1-8

‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 14.1856’

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 9-12

‘Letters from Persia received June 14.1856’

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 13-14

‘Letter from Persia received June 23.1856’

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 15-16

‘Letters from Persia received June 26.1856’

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 17-18

‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 30.1856’

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 19-22

‘Secret Letters received, June 30.1856, as to Herat’

28 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 23-36

‘Letters from Persia received July 2.1856’

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 37-38

‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles July 17.1856

14 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 39-45

‘Letters from Persia received July 29.1856’

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 46-49

‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, July 30.1856’

12 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 50-55

‘Letters from Mr Murray received Aug:4.1856’

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 56-59

‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 15: 1856’

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 60-61

‘Letter from Persia, received at the India Board from the Foreign Office, 23.August 1856’

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 62-63

‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 30:1856’

12 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 64-69

‘Letters from Persia received Sept 10.1856’

10 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 70-74

‘Secret Letters received Sept.15.1856’

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 75-78

‘Letters from Persia received Sept.25.1856’

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F231/28, ff 79-80

Arrangement

The papers have been arranged into bundles tied with silk ribbons; each bundle summarises correspondence received on a given date. These bundles have been arranged in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 80; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F231/28

History of this record

Date(s)

2 Jun 1856-25 Sep 1856 (CE, Gregorian)

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Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, HM Minister to Persia, and HM Consul at Tehran, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F231/28, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001316.0x00011c> [accessed 17 July 2026]

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